Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

Study of a Nude

Provenance

  • By 1903: owned by Mrs Charles Julius Kino/Knowles (née Louisa Essinger) (b.1850, m.1874) , Kensington Gore, London, until at least 1905;
  • 1959: bequeathed by her son, Guy John Fenton Kino or Knowles (1879-1959) , to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 368).

Exhibitions

  • 1903: possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 17) as 'Study of the Nude'.
  • 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 189).
  • 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 189) as 'Study of the Nude'.

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret