The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1626
A girl dancing
Date
A girl dancing dates from about 1900.
A girl dancing, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1626).
Images
A girl dancing, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
The dancer, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Subject
Sitter
A girl dancing, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
The model has not been identified, though she posed for several such drawings.
Technique
Technique
A girl dancing, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
The dancer, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
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: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
- 1958: bequeathed by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, 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. 1626) as 'A girl dancing'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Young, Andrew McLaren, James McNeill Whistler: An Exhibition of Paintings and Other Works, Organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the English-Speaking Union of the United States, London and New York, 1960 (cat. no. 128).
- Sutton, Denys, and Martin Hopkinson, ホイスラー展. Whistler Exhibition in Japan, Tokyo, 1987 (cat. no. 73).
Websites
- The Hunterian, University of Glasgow website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.