The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0459
A Chinese lady with a parasol
Date
A Chinese lady with a parasol probably dates from 1872.
A Chinese lady with a parasol, whereabouts unknown
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 459).
Images
A Chinese lady with a parasol, whereabouts unknown
Design for a Mosaic, Private Collection
The Japanese Dress, Davison Art Centre, Wesleyan University
Subject
Sitter
The model has not been identified.
Technique
Composition
A Chinese lady with a parasol, whereabouts unknown
This is one of several drawings that may be related to designs for a panel in South Kensington Museum: see Gold Girl m0461.
Design for a Mosaic, Private Collection
The Japanese Dress, Davison Art Centre, Wesleyan University
Two later designs are closely related to A Chinese lady with a parasol: Design for a Mosaic m1226 and The Japanese Dress m1227.
Technique
A Chinese lady with a parasol, whereabouts unknown
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 459).
History
Provenance
- 1961: so1d at auction, Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1961 (lot 59) and bought by Julius H. Weitzner (1896-1986), London art dealer (according to a photograph in the Witt Library).
The early provenance is unknown.
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. 459) as 'A Chinese lady with a parasol'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALE:
- Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1961 (lot 59).