The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0432
Mrs Leyland, standing holding a fan
Date
Mrs Leyland, standing holding a fan dates from 1871/1874.
Mrs Leyland, standing holding a fan, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 432).
Images
Mrs Leyland, standing holding a fan, Freer Gallery of Art
Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick
Collection
Subject
Sitter
This is a study for Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland y106, although it is not certain if Frances Leyland (1834-1910) actually posed for it.
Technique
Composition
Mrs Leyland, standing holding a fan, Freer Gallery of Art
Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick
Collection
This is one of numerous studies for Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland y106.
History
Provenance
- 1908: Obach & Co., London art dealers, sent eleven drawings to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), from which he bought four including this;
- 1919: bequeathed by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) to the Freer Gallery of Art.
Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 430).
Exhibitions
- 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 19, 29 or 30) as 'Design for Dress'.
By the terms of C. L. Freer's will, this drawing can not be lent to other venues.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 432) as 'Mrs Leyland, standing holding a fan'.
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (oil, cat. no. 106).
Books on Whistler
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Susan Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, and Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women and Fashion, New Haven and London, 2003, p. 106.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 252, pl. 234.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1908.195a-b.