The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0242
Three standing figures
Date
Three standing figures dates from between August and October 1858.
Three standing figures, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 242).
Images
Three standing figures, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
The drawing probably comes from Whistler's Rhineland trip and depicts the locals of Baden-Baden or another town in the area.
Technique
Conservation History
Three standing figures, Freer Gallery of Art
The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook. 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 terms of Freer's will, it cannot be shown in 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. 242) as 'Three standing figures'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 216, pl. 161.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.191, as 'Group of three standing figures'.