The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: A nude binding up her hair; v.: A nude study for 'Venus rising from the sea' dates from 1868/1869.

r.: A nude binding up her hair, The Hunterian

v.: A nude study for 'Venus rising from the sea', The Hunterian

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 352).

Images

Subject

Sitter

r.: A nude binding up her hair, The Hunterian

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

r.: A nude binding up her hair, The Hunterian

Venus , Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing on the recto may be a study for Venus y082.

v.: A nude study for 'Venus rising from the sea', The Hunterian

Venus rising from the sea, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing on the verso may be a study for Venus Rising from the Sea y093.

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);
• 1935: given to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift, the drawing can not be lent for exhibition.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 352) as "r.: A nude binding up her hair; v.: A nude study for 'Venus rising from the sea' ".
• Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (oils, cat. nos. 82, 93).

Books on Whistler

• MacDonald, Margaret F., 'Joanna Hiffernan and James Whistler: an Artistic Partnership' in Margaret F. MacDonald (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020, pp. 15-31, repr.

Websites

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