The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Eve dates from 1901.

Eve, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1698).

Images

Subject

Sitter

The model has not been identified.

Technique

Composition

Eve, The Hunterian

This is one of several designs for a competition for an advertisement for Pear's soap. See Adam and Eve m1697. and Venus and Cupid m1699.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1698).

Conservation History

This is the right half of the same sheet as Venus and Cupid m1699.

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.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1698) as 'Eve'.

Websites

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