The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0443
Nude standing
Date
Nude standing dates from 1872/1874.
Nude standing, private collection
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 443).
Images
Nude standing, private collection
r.: Nude standing, Private Collection
v.: A nude leaning against a rail, The Hunterian
Subject
Sitter
Not identified. The same model appears in several drawings including r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress m0439 and r.: A nude with a parasol; v.: A nude leaning against a rail m0445.
Technique
Composition
v.: A nude leaning against a rail, The Hunterian
Nude standing, private collection
r.: Nude standing, Private Collection
The nude figures in r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress m0439, Nude standing m0443 and r.: A nude with a parasol; v.: A nude leaning against a rail m0445 may be studies for an unrealised painting.
History
Provenance
- 1943: possibly sold from the collection of Mrs E. John Heidsieck of Tuxedo Park, New York, at auction, Parke Bernet, New York, 12 February 1943 (lot 106).
- 1972: with Knoedler, New York dealers, in December.
- Date unknown: with David David, Pennsylvania dealer.
- 1980: sold at auction, Parke Bernet, New York, 5 June 1980 and bought by Marbella, New York dealers;
- 1984: bought by Knoedler's on 25 April (#KM1311);
- 1984: bought on 18 September by Dennis T. Lanigan, DMD, MD, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
See details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 443): and see also Study of a Nude m0444.
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. 443) as 'Nude standing'.
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, repr. f.p. 140 'Study of a Nude'.
Books, General
- Lanigan, Dennis, and Christopher Newall, Beauty's Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection, 2015.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings by the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection, National Gallery of Canada Touring Exhibition, 2015-2016.
- Pre-Raphaelites on Paper: Victorian Drawings from the Lanigan Collection, Leighton House, London, 2016.
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Websites
- Gessell, Paul, 'Professor’s art collection to be showcased at the National Gallery / U of Saskatchewan’s Dennis Lanigan has had a lifelong passion for Victorian-era art', University Affairs website, 2015.