The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Grey and Pink dates from about 1888.

Grey and Pink, Private Collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1209). The record has been updated.

Images

Subject

Sitter

Identified by Miss Birnie Philip as 'Eva', possibly meaning Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979), but she did not pose until some years later.

Technique

Technique

Grey and Pink, Private Collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1209).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1943: sold to Colnaghi's, London art dealers, but returned to Miss Birnie Philip.
• 1989: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1989 (lot 140) as 'Grey and Pink, a Draped Model with a Fan', and bought by a private collector, Charles C. Hermanowski (d. 2010);
• 2000: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2000 (lot 53).

Exhibitions

• 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 59) as 'Flesh Colour and Red'.

It was priced at 80 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. 1209) as 'Grey and Pink'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 59) as 'Flesh Colour and Red'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

• Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1989 (lot 140, repr.).
• Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2000 (lot 53, repr.).