The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0187
r.: A man seated on a bench; v.: Diagonal grid
Date
r.: A man seated on a bench; v.: Diagonal grid dates from 1854 or 1855. It was given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878).
r.: A man seated on a bench, Metropolitan Museum of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 187).
Images
r.: A man seated on a bench, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: Diagonal grid is not reproduced.
Subject
Description
r.: A man seated on a bench, Metropolitan Museum of Art
A heavily built man, with broad brimmed hat, sits with legs wide apart, leaning forward as if telling a story, and seen in three-quarter view to left.
Technique
Technique
r.: A man seated on a bench, Metropolitan Museum of Art
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 189).
Conservation History
This was among numerous drawings given to the Winans family and stuck into an album.
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
Not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler'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. 187) as 'r.: A man seated on a bench; v.: Diagonal grid'.
Journals 1906-Present
- Pressly, Nancy D., 'Whistler in America: An Album of Early Drawings', Metropolitan Museum Journal, New York, vol. 5, 1972, pp. 125-54.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art website as 'Startled Man Seated on Bench'.