The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

The dancer dates from about 1900.

The dancer, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1627).

Images

Subject

Sitter

The dancer, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Unidentified. It is almost certainly not, as has been suggested, Loie Fuller (1862-1928).

Technique

Technique

The dancer, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

A girl dancing, 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 exhibited in Whistler's lifetime as far as is known.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1627) as 'The dancer'.

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).
• Prélude à Whistler, Centre culturel américain, Paris, 1961 (cat. no. 13).
• Spencer, Robin, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1969 (cat. no. 100).
• Pickvance, Ronald, and Andrew McLaren Young, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903): An Exhibition of Works from the University of Glasgow Collection, Nottingham, 1970 (cat. no. 39).
• Dorment, Richard, and Margaret F. MacDonald (eds), James McNeill Whistler, Tate Gallery, London, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994-1995 (cat. 183).

Websites

• The Hunterian, University of Glasgow website at collections.gla.ac.uk.