The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: Seated and kneeling draped figures probably dates from between 1864 and 1868.

r.: Seated and kneeling draped figures

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 312).

Images

Subject

Description

(a) Two draped figures on a terrace, The Hunterian

r.: Seated and kneeling draped figures, The Hunterian

The figure of a seated draped woman at left, looking down at a kneeling woman in front of her.

Technique

Composition

r.: Seated and kneeling draped figures, The Hunterian

(a) Two draped figures on a terrace, The Hunterian

This is one of several sketches for proposed figurative compositions, but it does not appear to have been followed up. It is a similar design to (a) Two draped figures on a terrace; (b) Figure m0313.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 312).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1958: bequeathed to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 312) as 'r.: Seated and kneeling draped figures; v.: Indecipherable'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.