The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0400
Study
Date
Study may date either from the early 1870s or much later. It is is only known from an exhibition of 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. This show included many early drawings dating from the 1870s and some dating from around 1898/1900.
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 400).
Images
Study, Whereabouts unknown.
Subject
Description
Unknown. It was probably a figure study.
Technique
Technique
Unknown. It was described only as black and white chalk drawing.
History
Provenance
- 1903: with William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London art dealer.
No other provenance is known.
Exhibitions
- 1903: 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. 38) as 'Study'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 400) as 'Study'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 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. 38) as 'Study'.