The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Mrs Leyland seated dates from 1871/1873.

Mrs Leyland seated, Carnegie Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 429).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Frances Leyland (1834-1910).

Technique

Composition

Mrs Leyland seated, Carnegie Museum of Art

Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick Collection

This is a study for the dress in Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland y106, before the standing pose was adopted.

History

Provenance

• 1904: possibly with Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York art dealer;
• 1906: bought by the Carnegie Institute (gift of Andrew Carnegie Fund), 17 October 1906, for $85 less 15%, that is, $72.25.

The earlier provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

• 1904: Etchings, Dry-Points, and a Few Drawings by Whistler, Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, 1904 (cat. no. 108) as 'Sketch of a Gown.'

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 429) as 'Mrs Leyland seated'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Etchings, Dry-Points, and a Few Drawings by Whistler, Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, 1904 (cat. no. 108) as 'Sketch of a Gown.'

Books on Whistler

• MacDonald, Margaret F., Susan Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, and Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women and Fashion, New Haven and London, 2003, repr. pl. 103.

Websites

• Carnegie Museum of Art website at https://collection.cmoa.org.