The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1664
Woman with two children
Date
Woman with two children dates from 1901.
Woman with two children, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1664).
Images
Woman with two children, private collection
Subject
Site
Ajaccio, Corsica.
Sitter
Woman with two children, private collection
Unidentified.
Technique
Technique
Woman with two children, private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1664).
Conservation History
The sheet was taken from a sketchbook.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1956: bought by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers, 11 May 1956, and sold on 18 May to Edward Brian Seago (1910-1974);
- 1974: bequeathed to Peter Seymour (fl. 1952), Ludham, Norfolk, who in turn bequeathed it to a private owner.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1664).
Exhibitions
None 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. 1664) as 'Woman with two children'.