The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1625
The Dancer (No.2)
Date
The Dancer (No. 2) dates from about 1900.
The Dancer (No. 2), whereabouts unknown
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1625).
Images
The Dancer (No. 2), whereabouts unknown
Subject
Sitter
The Dancer (No. 2), whereabouts unknown
Unidentified. The same model appears in A girl dancing m1626 and The dancer m1627.
Technique
Technique
The Dancer (No. 2), whereabouts unknown
The subject and technique of The Dancer (No.1) m1624, The Dancer (No.2) m1625, A girl dancing m1626 and The dancer m1627 are closely connected.
History
Provenance
- 1903: bought on 8 May from Whistler by Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914), Providence, RI;
- 1914; bought on 12 March by Knoedler's, New York dealers;
- 1919: sold on 30 June to Herbert Farrington Perkins (1864-1936), Chicago.
The last known owner was the print collector Herbert F. Perkins, Chicago. He and his wife Margaret Dana Head Perkins (1870-1958) had several children: Franklin Head Perkins (1894-1929), Margaret (b. 1896) and her twin Helen (Mrs F. M. Knight, 1896-1977), and Elizabeth (Mrs M. E. Borish, 1909-1997). Franklin married Margaret Shortall Perkins Baker (1896-1990) and had one son, John Shortall Perkins (1926-2006).
Exhibitions
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 165) as 'The Dancer (No. 2)'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1625) as 'The Dancer (No. 2)'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Copley Society (ed.), Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels & Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 165) as 'The Dancer (No. 2)'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Oils, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by James McNeill Whistler lent by Mr. Richard Canfield Buffalo, 1911 (cat. no. 30, repr. . 45).
- Oils, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by J. McN. Whistler, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1914 (cat. no. 32).