The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0152
r.: Mrs Tiffany; v.: Head
Date
r.: Mrs Tiffany; v.: Head dates from 1853/1854; it was given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and family.
r.: Mrs Tiffany, Metropolitan Museum of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 152).
Images
r.: Mrs Tiffany, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Verso: Head, not reproduced.
Subject
Sitter
r.: Mrs Tiffany, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mr and Mrs Tiffany were characters in a fashion play by Anne Cora Mowatt dating from 1845.
Technique
Technique
The original owners, the Winans family, stuck it into an album or scrapbook.
History
Provenance
- 1853/1854: given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and family;
- 1878-1970: passed by family descent to his daughter Celeste Marguerite Winans (Mrs G. M. Hutton) (1855-1925), her daughter Lucette Marguerite Hutton, Mrs H. A. Prichard (1885-1957), and grand-daughters, Margaret Celeste Prichard, Mrs T. A. Buell (1908-1970), Helen Lucette Prichard, Mrs J. M. King (1913-2005), and Sybil Agnes Prichard, Mrs E. G. Walk (1915-2009);
- 1970: given by Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistletr's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 152) as 'r.: Mrs Tiffany; v.: Head'.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art website