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

 

Resting

Resting may date from between January and March 1898. This date is based on the sole record of the painting, when it was exhibited by Whistler in A Collection of Selected Works by Painters of the English, French & Dutch Schools, Goupil Gallery, London, 1898 (cat. no. 23).

It is possible that this may be the same as The Little White Sofa [YMSM 258], which was originally dated to the mid-1880s, but is now considered, mainly on the basis of the signature, to date from 1898, and was bought by Alexander Arnold Hannay (1858-1927) in 1898 or 1899.

Last updated: 30th October 2019 by Margaret