The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0295
r.: Head of a man in a tall hat; v.: Standing figure
Date
r.: Head of a man in a tall hat; v.: Standing figure dates from 1858 or 1859.
r.: Head of a man in a tall hat, Freer Gallery of Art
Standing figure, Freer Gallery of Art
The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 295).
Images
r.: Head of a man in a tall hat, Freer Gallery of Art
Standing figure, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
r.: Head of a man in a tall hat, Freer Gallery of Art
Not identified.
Technique
Technique
r.: Head of a man in a tall hat, Freer Gallery of Art
Standing figure, Freer Gallery of Art
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 295).
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. 295) as 'r.: Head of a man in a tall hat; v.: Standing figure'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 212, pl. 152.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.188, as 'The head of a man in a tall hat'.