The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

House – Red Doorway and Window probably dates from the 1890s. On 16 February 1901 Whistler’s sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), listed among small panels in Whistler's studio at 8 Fitzroy Street,‘House - red door-way & window (children seated on step)’. ¹

Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis, Georgia Museum of Art

It is possible that it was painted in Lyme Regis in 1895, and was similar in subject to Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis y444.

Images

Subject

Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

• 'House – red door-way & window' (1901, R. Birnie Philip). ²
• 'House – Red Doorway and Window' (1980, YMSM). ³

Description

Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) described it as ‘House – red door-way & window (children seated on step)’. ⁴

Site

Unknown.

Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis, Georgia Museum of Art

Whistler painted many small panels of shop fronts, such as the panel illustrated above, Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis y444, which was painted in the coastal town of Lyme Regis in Dorset, on the south coast of England. However a site in London, Paris or smaller towns in France or England is possible.

Technique

Technique

Unknown.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

History

Provenance

• 1901: it was in Whistler's studio at 8 Fitzroy Street, London, on 16 February 1901. ⁵

Nothing further is known about the painting.

Exhibitions

Unknown.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 530) as 'House – Red Doorway and Window'.

Authored by Whistler

• None.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• None.

Journals 1855-1905

• None.

Monographs

• None.

Books on Whistler

• None.

Books, General

• None.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• None.

Journals 1906-Present

• None.

Websites

• None.

Unpublished

• None.

Other

• None.