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

 

M.1068
Dancing girl

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1890
Collection: The Higgins, Bedford
Accession Number: n/a
Medium: watercolour over pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 11 11/16 x 8 13/16" (297 x 224 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'J. McNeill Whistler/ Model draping (The model probably / one of the Pettigrews) / (ex Collection of Miss R.Birnie Philip) / the Artist's Executrix & Sister-in-law. / (Done during the Cheyne Walk period) / 1896 or later.' in Harold Wright's hand, and 'A22362' in an unknown hand

Dancing girl

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1957: sold to Colnaghi, London art dealers, 22 October 1957 [# 22362];
  • 1958: bought by the Cecil Higgins Museum (The Higgins, Bedford), 27 May 1958.

Exhibitions

  • 1885: Possible shown in Winter Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1885 (cat. no. 570) as 'Caprice in Red'.

It is possible that this watercolour is Caprice in Red [M.1067], which was exhibited first in 1885.

Last updated: 26th June 2021 by Margaret