The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A girl kicking a tambourine dates from 1900/1902.

A girl kicking a tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1629).

Images

Subject

Sitter

A girl kicking a tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

The Tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Possibly Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979). The same model probably posed for The Tambourine m1628.

Technique

Technique

A girl kicking a tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1629).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• 1935: given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

Due to the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1629) as 'A girl kicking a tambourine'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• MacDonald, Margaret F., Whistler Pastels and Related Works in the Hunterian Art Gallery, Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 1984 (cat. no. 137).

Websites

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