The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1101
La Toilette
Date
La Toilette dates from 1886/1887.
La Toilette, Whereabouts unknown
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1101).
Images
La Toilette, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Sitter
La Toilette,Whereabouts unknown
Possibly Maud Franklin (1857-1939).
Technique
Technique
La Toilette, Whereabouts unknown
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1101).
History
Provenance
- By 1905: owned by Blanche Elisabeth Marchesi (1863-1940).
- Date unknown: sold from a St Louis collection to a private collector in Florida;
- By 1995: sold by a private collector.
The current owner has not been identified.
Exhibitions
- 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 128) as 'La Toilette'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1101) as 'La Toilette'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 128) as 'La Toilette'.
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921, repr. f.p. 157 as '[Sketch] of Maud'.