The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A woman with a vase by her feet dates from 1868/1869. The signature was added much later, in the late 1870s.

A woman with a vase by her feet, The Hunterian

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 354).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Unidentified. Possibly the same model as in r.: A nude binding up her hair; v.: A nude study for 'Venus rising from the sea' m0352 and A nude looking in a mirror m0353.

Technique

Composition

A woman with a vase by her feet, The Hunterian

Study of a Female Figure, whereabouts unknown

Possibly a study for an oil such as Study of a Female Figure y081, or another unrealised composition.

Technique

A woman with a vase by her feet, The Hunterian

The signature was added at least ten years later than the drawing, possibly for sale or exhibition.

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. 354) as 'A woman with a vase by her feet'.

Websites

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