The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1160
Two men sitting in a bar
Date
Two men sitting in a bar dates from about 1887. The sheet was originally enclosed in an album, with press-cuttings concerning the Society of British Artists in 1885, but it appears to be unrelated.
Two men sitting in a bar, The Hunterian
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1160).
Images
Two men sitting in a bar, The Hunterian
Subject
Site
Two men sitting in a bar, The Hunterian
Beefsteak Club, The Hunterian
Probably the Beefsteak Club, as seen in Beefsteak Club m1158.
Technique
Technique
Beefsteak Club, The Hunterian
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1160).
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1958: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1160) as 'Two men sitting in a bar'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.