The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0294
Young man smoking a pipe
Date
Young man smoking a pipe dates from 1858 or 1859.
Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 294).
Images
Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art
Not identified. Despite the pipe, the boy looks young.
Technique
Technique
Young man smoking a pipe, Freer Gallery of Art
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 294).
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.
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. 294) as 'Young man smoking a pipe'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 211, pl. 151.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.198, as 'Young man smoking a pipe'.