The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A nude looking in a mirror dates from 1868/1869.

A nude looking in a mirror, The Hunterian

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 353).

Images

Subject

Sitter

A nude looking in a mirror, The Hunterian

Not identified. The model may be the same as for r.: A nude binding up her hair; v.: A nude study for 'Venus rising from the sea' m0352.

Technique

Composition

A nude looking in a mirror, The Hunterian

Synphony in Green and Violet, Freer Gallery of Art

This may be a study for Symphony in Green and Violet y083.

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. 353) as 'A nude looking in a mirror'.
• Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (oil, cat. no. 83).

Websites

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