The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1611
Un après midi chez Van Dyck
Date
Un après midi chez Van Dyck dates from 8 August 1900.
Un après midi chez Van Dyck, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1611).
Images
Un après midi chez Van Dyck, private collection
Subject
Sitter
Un après midi chez Van Dyck, private collection
Unidentified. It is not, as has been suggested, Maud Franklin (1857-1939).
Technique
Composition
Un après midi chez Van Dyck, private collection
The title suggests a link with the work of Anthony Vandyck (1599-1641), but not with a specific painting.
Technique
Sotheby's give the size as 7 by 4 ¾ inches (17.8 by 12.1 cm).
Conservation History
The paper is very slightly darkened and discoloured.
History
Provenance
- By 1905: owned by William Heinemann (1863-1920), London;
- 1922: sold at auction, New York, American Art Association, 13 Januay 1922 (lot 206) as 'Portrait of a Lady Reading'.
- 1941: bequeathed by Dr Max A. Goldstein (1870-1941), St Louis, to his grandson, St Louis, Missouri;
- 1981: sold to a private collector, Florida;
- 1986: bought by Hope Davis, New York art dealer, who sold it to a private collector;
- 2019: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 17 September 2019 (lot 57), $11,875.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1611).
Exhibitions
- 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 126) as 'Girl Reading'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1611) as 'Un après midi chez Van Dyck'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 126) as 'Girl Reading'.
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921, repr. f. p. 157.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- American Art Association, Illustrated catalogue of unpublished correspondence of James Abbott McNeill Whistler: together with letters of notables of his day, addressed to William Heinemann … , the property of Miss Susan Minns of Boston, Mass. To be sold … January 13th, 1922, [auction catalogue], New York, 1922 (lot 206).
- Sotheby's, New York, 17 September 2019 (lot 57, repr.).
Websites
- Sotheby's website.