The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: A nude with a parasol, The Hunterian

r.: A nude with a parasol; v.: A nude leaning against a rail date from 1872/1874.

v.: A nude leaning against a rail, The Hunterian

A nude leaning against a rail may have been signed in 1874.

The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 445).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

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.

Technique

r.: A nude with a parasol, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 445).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Due to the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift, this drawing can not be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 445) as 'r.: A nude with a parasol; v.: A nude leaning against a rail'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.