The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1322
Nude holding a fan
Date
Nude holding a fan was exhibited in Paris in 1892 but may date from earlier.
It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1322).
Images
Nude holding a fan, Whereabouts unknown
Rose et Opale, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Description
The title Nude holding a fan could apply to a standing or recumbent nude.
It was described in Le XIX siècle on 30 March 1892 as 'une femme nue, un éventail à la main, d'un dessin vif, mais un peu frivole.' (a nude woman, fan in hand, a lively drawing, but a little frivolous). Le Temps, on the same day, described Whistler's pastels in general terms as 'les Odalisques couchées ... de curieuses symphonies de rose et de bleu' (women lying down, curious symphonies in pink and blue).
Rose et Opale, Freer Gallery of Art
Rose et Opale m1231 could fit these descriptions, and may have been the pastel exhibited.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1892: Société des Pastellistes français, Goupil, Paris, 1892 (ex cat.).
It was described in Le XIX siècle on 30 March as 'une femme nue, un éventail à la main, d'un dessin vif, mais un peu frivole.' Le Temps, on the same day, described Whistler's pastels as 'les Odalisques couchées ... de curieuses symphonies de rose et de bleu'. It may possibly have been Rose et Opale m1231.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1322) as 'Nude holding a fan'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Société des Pastellistes français, Goupil, Paris, 1892 (ex cat.).
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Le XIX siècle, Paris, 30 March 1892.
- Le Temps, Paris, 30 March 1892.