The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1277
Rose and Red: The Little Pink Cap
Date
Rose and Red: The Little Pink Cap dates from 1890/1893.
Rose and Red: The Little Pink Cap
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1277).
Images
Rose and Red: The Little Pink Cap
Subject
Sitter
Rose and Red: The Little Pink Cap
Probably Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958).
Technique
Technique
Rose and Red: The Little Pink Cap
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1277).
History
Provenance
- 1894: sold by Whistler to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
- 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
Details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1277).
Exhibitions
- 1903: Seventy-second Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1903 (cat. no. 2).
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 130) as 'Rose and Red. The little Pink Cap'.
- 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 144) as 'Rose and Red. The little Pink Cap'.
It is just possible, if this pastel dates from a year or two earlier, that it was Red and Pink m1207, which was exhibited in “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 60).
By the terms of Freer's will, this work cannot be lent to another venue.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1277) as 'Rose and Red: The Little Pink Cap'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Seventy-second Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1903 (cat. no. 2).
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 130) as 'Rose and Red. The little Pink Cap'.
- Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 144) as 'Rose and Red. The little Pink Cap'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 273, pl. 274.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1894.27a-c, as 'Rose and Red: The Little Pink Cap'.