The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Pot stand with flowers dates from 1892/1894.

Pot stand with flowers, The Hunterian

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1342).

Images

Subject

Site

Pot stand with flowers, The Hunterian

This pot is similar to other planters or pot stands in the garden of the Whistler's house at 110 rue du Bac, Paris. One is seen clearly in the lithograph La Belle Jardinière c101, which features Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) arranging the flowers.

Technique

Technique

Pot stand with flowers, The Hunterian

Whistler's technique here is similar to that seen in lithographs such as La Belle Jardinière c101.

Conservation History

This drawing was found in the manuscript for 'Récréations Postales' by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898), Section IX, and is on similar paper to the design for a stamp for the projected cover (Cupid letting a bird out of a cage m1341). The paper has browned badly, and has a torn edge on the left.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited 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. 1342) as 'Pot stand with flowers'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk