The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0380
Resting Figure
Date
Resting Figure was first exhibited in Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 6). It could have been r.: Study of a seated nude for 'Variations in Blue and Green'; v.: Two seated nudes m0348, r.: Endormie; v.: A woman's face m0375 or r.: Resting; v.: Standing figure m0381 or another, as yet unidentified, work.
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 380).
Images
Resting Figure, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
A seated or reclining figure.
Technique
Technique
Unknown: probably chalk or pastel on brown paper.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1874: Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 6) as 'Resting Figure'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 380) as 'Resting Figure'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 6) as 'Resting Figure'.