The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Greek Girl dates from 1866/1869.

Greek Girl, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 333).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

Technique

Technique

Greek Girl, Freer Gallery of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 333).

History

Provenance

• 1870s: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, possibly at the time of Whistler's bankruptcy in 1879;
• 1905: 'The Greek Girl' was listed by Way's son, Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), in London and sold in June to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 333).

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition 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. 333) as 'Greek Girl'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, pp. 107, 238, pl. 205.

Websites

• Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1905.144a-b, as 'Greek Girl'.