The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: A composition: women on a terrace; v.: A nude bent over holding on to a parasol dates from 1867/1869.

r.: A composition: women on a terrace, The Hunterian

v: A nude bent over holding on to a parasol, The Hunterian

Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 342).

Images

Subject

Sitter

r.: A composition: women on a terrace, The Hunterian

Unknown. It is not known if Whistler always had models at this stage in his career.

Technique

Composition

r.: A composition: women on a terrace, The Hunterian

v: A nude bent over holding on to a parasol, The Hunterian

These are ideas for a composition involving numerous figures on a windy day strolling along a beach by the sea. However, no specific oil painting was the result, as far as is known.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 342).

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

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. 342) as 'r.: A composition: women on a terrace; v.: A nude bent over holding on to a parasol'.

Websites

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