The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: Morning Glories; v.: Nude study date from 1871/1873.

Study for 'Morning Glories', Fitzwilliam Museum

The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 410).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

v.: Nude study, Freer Gallery of Art

v.: Standing nude, Freer Gallery of Art,

The model on the verso is in a pose similar to the nude on the verso of r.: Standing draped figure; v.: Standing nude m0387 and several other studies including A Nude m0413.

History

Provenance

• 1903: bought from William Burrell (1861-1958), Glasgow, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, in November;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 410).

Exhibitions

• 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 114) as 'Morning Glories'.
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 136) as 'Belle de jour.- (Morning Glories)'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 410) as 'r.: Morning Glories; v.: Nude study'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 114) as 'Morning Glories'.
• Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 136) as 'Belle de jour.- (Morning Glories)'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 242, pl. 214.

Websites

• Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1903.147a-c.