The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0267
Group of four men
Date
Group of four men dates from between August and October 1858.
Group of four men, Freer Gallery of Art, DC
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 267).
Images
Group of four men, Freer Gallery of Art, DC
Subject
Sitter
Group of four men, Freer Gallery of Art, DC
A group of men, some in uniform, possibly Germans, drinking beer enthusiastically.
Technique
Technique
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 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. 267) as 'Group of four men'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 232, pl. 193.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.196, as 'Group of four men'.