The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat; v.: Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand dates from about 1887. The sheet is mounted in an album with other drawings acquired by Whistler's son Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) (see Ship m1146).

r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat, The Hunterian

The drawings on the verso may be by Hanson.

v.: Anon., Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1153).

Images

Subject

Sitter

r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat, The Hunterian

The woman has not been identified.

Sketches of the cat are also seen in r.: Studies of a sleeping cat; v.: Indecipherable, by an unknown hand m1154, and r.: Three studies of a cat; v.: Man's head, by an unknown hand m1155.

Technique

Technique

r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1153).

v.: Anon., Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand, The Hunterian

The drawings on the verso are not by Whistler.

Conservation History

This is one of several drawings that were bound into an album, possibly by the Redfern Gallery, London, ca 1950.

History

Provenance

• 1890s: acquired, probably from the artist, by his son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935).
• 1952: bought from the Redfern Gallery, London, by the Hunterian Art Gallery.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1153) as 'r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat; v.: Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.