The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0439
r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress
Date
r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress date from 1871/1874.
r.: Nude standing, Private Collection
They are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 439). This record has been updated.
Images
r.: Nude standing, Private Collection
Verso, not reproduced.
Subject
Sitter
Not identified.
Technique
Composition
The drawing on the verso is one of several studies for the rosettes on the dress in Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland y106.
r.: Nude standing, Private Collection
The drawing on the recto of r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress m0439, and on the verso of r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile; v.: A nude leaning against a rail m0440, Nude standing m0443 and r.: A nude with a parasol; v.: A nude leaning against a rail m0445 are among many studies or variations on this nude figure.
History
Provenance
- Before 1912: at some time with Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York dealer (inscription).
- 1973: with Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles.
- 1980: bought from the Montclair Corporation by Knoedler's, New York dealers, on 19 September 1980;
- 1984: bought by Steven Juvelis (1921-1994).
- By 1988: owned by Harry Jacob Applestein (1892-1962), Pittsburgh;
- 1988: Sotheby's, New York, 25 May 1988 (lot 70) 'Sketch for Female Figure', withdrawn;
- 1989: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 10 November 1989 (lot 200) 'Nude standing'.
- Before 2004: Hirschl & Adler, Inc. New York.
- 2004: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 27 September 2004 (lot 90), bought by a private collector.
The early provenance is unknown. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 439): this record has been revised and updated.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 439) as 'r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress'.
- 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. 108.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALE:
- Sotheby, New York, 25 May 1988 (lot 70) 'Sketch for Female Figure'.
- Christie's, London, 10 November 1989 (lot 200) 'Nude standing'.
- Christie's, New York, 27 September 2004 (lot 90, repr.).