The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0231
A man reclining on a bed
Date
A man reclining on a bed probably dates from August 1858, during Whistler's etching tour of the Rhineland.
A man reclining on a bed, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 231).
Images
A man reclining on a bed, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
A man reclining on a bed, Freer Gallery of Art
Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872), who accompanied Whistler on his etching expedition.
Technique
Conservation History
Over fifty drawings, many in sketchbooks, most of which dated from 1857-1858, were apparently given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, and were later removed from the sketchbooks.
History
Provenance
- 1858: probably given to Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) or her husband Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910);
- 1898: sold through Wunderlich, New York dealers, to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
- 1919: bequeathed by C. L. Freer to the Freer Gallery of Art.
See further details in r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe; v.: Cliffs and building m0222.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Due to the conditions 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. 231) as 'A man reclining on a bed'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 229, pl. 187.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.173, as 'A man reclining on a bed'.