The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0374
r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown; v.: Draped figure
Date
r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown; v.: Draped figure date from 1870/1873 and was signed about 1878.
The recto may have been exhibited in Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 23).
r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown, Private Collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 374) as' r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown; v.: Nude figure.'
Images
r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown, Private Collection
v.: Draped figure, Private Collection
Tanagra, Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College
Subject
Sitter
Not identified.
Technique
Composition
r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown, Private Collection
It may have been exhibited as 'Design for Picture, "Variations in Yellow and Brown" ' though no such painting has been located. 1
v.: Draped figure, Private Collection
Tanagra, Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College
The draped figure on the verso may be a study for Tanagra y092.
History
Provenance
- 1878/1879: acquired by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930);
- 1930: bequeathed to his daughter Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973);
- 1968: sold at Christie's, London, 8 November 1968 (lot 162) and bought by Anthony D'Offay, London dealer, £1050.0.0;
- 1969: bought by Ira Spanierman (n/a), New York;
- 1974: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41D, bought in);
- By 1984: bought by Gilbert Waters (n/a), Sarasota;
- 1991: sold through Hope Davis, New York art dealer, to Richard M. Thune, Greenwich, CT.
Exhibitions
- 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 23) as 'Design for Picture, "Variations in Yellow and Brown".'
- 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 175) as 'Harmony in Gold and Brown'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 374) as 'r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown; v.: Draped figure.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 23) as 'Design for Picture, "Variations in Yellow and Brown".'
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 175) as 'Harmony in Gold and Brown'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALE:
- Christie's, London, 8 November 1868 (lot 162).
- Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41D) as 'Harmony in Gold and Brown'.
Notes:
1: Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 23).