The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: Draped figures on a bridge; v.: Figures on a balcony probably dates from between 1864 and 1868.

r.: Draped figures on a bridge, The Hunterian

v.: Figures on a balcony, The Hunterian

The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 314).

Images

Subject

Description

r.: Draped figures on a bridge, The Hunterian

v.: Figures on a balcony, The Hunterian

Recto: five standing draped female figures leaning on a curving railing; the figure at far left holds a long undulating stick as if fishing. Verso: a women on the ground at left, looking to right over railings towards a sailing ship at sea, and a partial standing figure further to right.

Technique

Composition

v.: Figures on a balcony, The Hunterian

Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing on the verso may be a very early idea for Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony y056.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 314) as 'r.: Draped figures on a bridge; v.: Figures on a balcony'.

Conservation History

The sheet is badly browned and torn.

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. 314) as 'r.: Draped figures on a bridge; v.: Figures on a balcony'.

Websites

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