The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0019
Head of a woman

Head of a woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1847/1848
Collection: Private Collection, possibly destroyed
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 17 7/16 x 11 15/16" (443 x 304 mm)
Signature: 'James Whistler'
Inscription: '46' or '1/6' and '31 / B[urmereiyez?] / B[uarepr?]', and 'YHCTep' (translation: 'Whistler'), in various hands

Date

Head of a woman dates from between 1847 and 1848, when Whistler was in St Petersburg, Russia.

Head of a woman, private collection
Head of a woman, private collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 19).

Images

Head of a woman, private collection
Head of a woman, private collection

Subject

Description

Head of a woman, private collection
Head of a woman, private collection

A woman's head and shoulder, in profile to right. Her left hand rests on her right shoulder, and her right hand is holding up a piece of folded cloth.

Technique

Technique

This is probably a copy of a print or drawing, and may have been supervised or touched up by Whistler's tutor, Alexander Osipovich Koritsky (1818-1866).

Conservation History

Private information from family descendants suggests this drawing may have been destroyed.

History

Provenance

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 19).

Exhibitions

Not exhibited at any time, as far as is known.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1906-Present


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