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

 

M.0411
r.: Study for 'Morning Glories'; v.: Standing nude

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1873
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.150a-c
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 12 x 7 1/2" (305 x 190 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: '2' in unknown hand

r.: Study for 'Morning Glories'; v.: Standing nude

Provenance

  • By 1887: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) , London, and passed to his son, Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) ;
  • 1905: bought in June by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit;
  • 1919: bequeathed by to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 411).

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret