The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0009
Books, pens, cup and saucer
Date
Books, pens, cup and saucer dates from when Whistler was in St Petersburg between 1845 and 1847.
Books, pens, cup and saucer, Glasgow University Library
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 9).
Images
Books, pens, cup and saucer, Glasgow University Library
Subject
Description
Books, pens, cup and saucer, Glasgow University Library
A cryptic drawing of, from left to right, a cup and saucer, several sheets of paper, a book and a pot, possibly with quill pens in it.
Technique
Technique
Books, pens, cup and saucer, Glasgow University Library
A small sketch drawn neatly with a fine pen nib.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1958: bequeathed by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
Not exhibited in Whistlers lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 9) as 'Books, pens, cup and saucer'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Andreeva, Galina, and Margaret F. MacDonald, Whistler and Russia, State Tretyakow Gallery, Moscow, 2006, pp. 20, 186 (cat. no. 102), repr. p. 20, as 'Books, Pens, Cup and Saucer'.
Websites
- Glasgow University Library website.