The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1297
Mother and child reclining on a couch
Date
Mother and child reclining on a couch dates from 1890/1896.
Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1297).
Images
Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum
Subject
Sitter
Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum
Probably Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958) and her niece.
Technique
Technique
Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum
See discussion in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1297).
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1943: sold by Miss Birnie Philip to Colnaghi's, London, 13 May 1943;
- 1943: bought by the National Art Collections Fund and given to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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. 1297) as 'Mother and child reclining on a couch'.
Websites
- Victoria and Albert Museum website.