The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0081
(a) 'A la Yankee'; (b) An Outside (Gracie's Album, p. 95)
Date
(a) 'A la Yankee'; (b) An Outside (Gracie's Album, p. 95) date from between 1851 and 1852 and were drawn in the album of a fellow cadet at West Point, Archibald Gracie jr (1832-1864).
(a) 'A la Yankee' , Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
(b) An Outside, Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 81).
Images
(a) 'A la Yankee' , Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
(b) An Outside, Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Description
(a) 'A la Yankee' , Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
A smart young man is smoking, wearing narrow chequered trousers, and lying on the floor with his feet on a table.
(b) An Outside, Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
A depressed man in black coat and top hat under an umbrella in the rain.
Technique
Technique
(a) 'A la Yankee' , Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
(b) An Outside, Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
See details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 81).
History
Provenance
- 1851/1852: drawn for Archibald Gracie jr (1832-1864);
- 1864: bequeathed to his widow, Josephine Gracie née Mayo (1836-1901);
- 1901: bequeathed to their daughter Adeline Gracie (1864-1948), Baltimore, MD;
- 1907: with David Bendann, art dealer, Baltimore, 10 January 1907;
- 1908: bought on 3 February by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
- 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
Archibald Gracie jr was a West Point graduate who became a Confederate brigadier general and died at the siege of Petersburg during the American civil war.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 79).
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime. By the terms of Freer's will, it cannot be lent to another venue.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 81) as '(a) 'A la Yankee'; (b) An Outside (Gracie's Album, p. 95)'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 208, plates 142 and 143
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website as 'A la Yankee' and website as 'An Outside'.