The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A girl wearing a bonnet, holding a bunch of keys and a basket probably dates from 1858, on Whistler's etching tour of the Rhineland.

A girl wearing a bonnet, holding a bunch of keys and a basket, private collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 253).

Images

Subject

Sitter

A girl wearing a bonnet, holding a bunch of keys and a basket, private collection

Unidentified. It is not entirely clear whether she is carrying keys or little flags.

Technique

Conservation History

The page was probably removed from a sketchbook.

History

Provenance

• Date unknown: possibly with Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), London;
• 1937: probably sold by Maggs Brothers, London, 1937, no. 642 (lot 123);
• Date unknown: bought from Maggs by Castano, Boston dealers;
• Date unknown: bought from Castano by Steven Juvelis (1921-1994), Lynn, Massachusetts;
• 1962: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 22 June 1962 (lot 7) as 'A Girl wearing a Bonnet, holding a Bunch of Keys and a Basket', and bought by 'Waverley'.
• 1989: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 10 November 1989 (lot 201) as 'Girl holding keys', bought by Gordon Cooke, The Fine Art Society, London;
• By 1995: bought by Ewan Mundy, Glasgow art dealer.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 253) as 'A girl wearing a bonnet, holding a bunch of keys and a basket'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Christie's, London, 22 June 1962 (lot 7) as 'AGirl wearing a Bbonnet, holding a Bunch of Keys and a Basket'.
• Christie's, London, 10 November 1989 (lot 201) as 'Girl holding keys'.