The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1065
Woman and child
Date
Woman and child dates from 1885/1886.
Woman and child, The Hunterian
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1065).
Images
Woman and child, The Hunterian
Subject
Sitter
Woman and child, The Hunterian
Not identified.
Technique
Technique
Woman and child, The Hunterian
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1065).
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1958: bequeathed by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
- 1889: Probably “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 51) as 'Woman and Child'.
It was priced at 15 guineas in 1889, but remained unsold, and was returned to Whistler after the exhibition by Wunderlich's on the SS Servia. 1
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1065) as 'Woman and child'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Probably “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 51) as 'Woman and Child'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.
Notes:
1: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.