The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Draped figure with fan, on balcony dates from 1867/1869.

Draped figure with fan, on balcony, The Hunterian

Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 344).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Draped figure with fan, on balcony, The Hunterian

Unknown.

Technique

Composition

Draped figure with fan, on balcony, The Hunterian

One of many studies related to the so-called 'Six Projects' but not identifiable with the extant oil paintings.

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. 344) as 'Draped figure with fan, on balcony'.

Websites

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