The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0377
r.: A study of a draped female figure; v.: Design
Date
r.: A study of a draped female figure; v.: Design date from 1870/1873.
r.: A study of a draped female figure, Fitzwilliam Museum
They are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 377).
Images
r.: A study of a draped female figure, Fitzwilliam Museum
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
Four women on a terrace by the sea, The Hunterian
v.: Design not reproduced.
Subject
Sitter
Unidentified.
Technique
Composition
r.: A study of a draped female figure, Fitzwilliam Museum
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
Four women on a terrace by the sea, The Hunterian
The drawing, Draped female figure m0378 and The Dancing Girl m0379 are studies for a more elaborate figure composition, which was further developed in Sea Beach and Figures m0384 and Four women on a terrace by the sea m0385.
Frame
The frame bears the label 'Dowdeswell's / Publishers, Valuers of, and Dealers in / Works of Fine Art / 13, New Bond Street.'
History
Provenance
- By 1903: owned by Mrs Charles Julius Kino/Knowles (née Louisa Essinger) (b.1850, m.1874), Kensington Gore, London, until at least 1905;
- 1940: deposited by her son, Guy John Fenton Kino or Knowles (1879-1959), in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
- 1959: bequeathed by G. J. F. Knowles to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 377).
Exhibitions
- 1903: possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 192).
- 1904: possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, Goupil Gallery, London, 1904 (cat. no. 4 or 13).
- 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. 204).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 377) as 'r.: A study of a draped female figure; v.: Design'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 192).
- Possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, Goupil Gallery, London, 1904 (cat. no. 4 or 13).
- 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. 204).
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, repr. f.p. 140.
Websites
- Fitzwilliam Museum website.