The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0378
Draped female figure
Date
Draped female figure dates from 1870/1873, but possibly signed around 1874.
Draped female figure, Freer Gallery of Art
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 378).
Images
Draped female figure, Freer Gallery of Art
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
Four women on a terrace by the sea, The Hunterian
Subject
Sitter
Not identified.
Technique
Composition
Draped female figure, Freer Gallery of Art
Sea Beach and Figures, Fitzwilliam Museum
Four women on a terrace by the sea, The Hunterian
The drawing on the verso of Japanese lady decorating a fan m0460, and several other drawings: r.: A study of a draped female figure; v.: Design m0377, Draped female figure m0378 and The Dancing Girl m0379 are studies for the figure at left in a projected figure composition, which was further developed in Sea Beach and Figures m0384 and Four women on a terrace by the sea m0385.
History
Provenance
- Date unknown: acquired by James Staats Forbes (1823-1904);
- 1904-1905: Executors of the Estate of J. S. Forbes;
- 1905: bought from or through William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London art dealer, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919)
- 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
Details of provenance are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 378).
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: possibly 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. 396).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 378) as 'Draped female figure'.
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).
- Possibly 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. 396).
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.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, pp. 109, 239, pl. 208.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1905.133a-b.