The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0296
Fantin au lit
Date
Fantin au lit (Fantin in bed) dates from 20 December 1859. The date is inscribed on the drawing in French.
Fantin au lit, Musée du Louvre
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 296).
Images
Fantin au lit, Musée du Louvre
Subject
Sitter
Fantin au lit, Musée du Louvre
Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). It shows him fully dressed, in bed, working despite the freezing cold.
Technique
Technique
Fantin au lit, Musée du Louvre
See discusssion in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 296).
History
Provenance
- 1859: given to Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904);
- 1904: bequeathed to his wife, Victoria Fantin-Latour nee Dubourg (1840-1926);
- Before 1925: given to the Musée du Luxembourg;
- 1929: entered the Musée du Luxembourg.
Exhibitions
- 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 122b).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 296) as ' Fantin au lit'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 122b).
Books on Whistler
- Duret, Théodore, Histoire de J. McN. Whistler et de son oeuvre, Paris, 1904, p. 17, repr. p. 13.
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, p. 70.
Catalogues 1906-Present
COLLECTION:
- Wiesinger, Véronique, commissaire, Dessins Américains des Collections nationales de 1760 à 1945, Musée de la coopération franco-américaine du château de Blérancourt, Editions RMN, 1991.
EXHIBITION:
- Prélude à Whistler, Centre culturel américain, Paris, 1961 (cat. no. 12).
- Maîtres du blanc et du noir au XIXè siècle, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, 1972.
- American Portrait Drawings, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 1980, pp. 78-79.
- Dessins américains des collections nationales de 1760 à 1945, Musée de la coopération franco-américaine, Château de Blérancourt, 1991.
- Leribault, Christophe (ed.), Fantin-Latour, Manet, Baudelaire : L'Hommage à Delacroix, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2011-2012.
Websites
- Musée du Louvre, Paris, website at http://musee.louvre.fr.