The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0464
r.: Two Standing Figures; v.: Figure
Date
r.: Two Standing Figures; v.: Figure date from 1872/1874. The close relationship to Study for a dress m0465, which is signed with a butterfly of 1872/1874, suggests this date.
r.: Two Standing Figures, Adelson Collection
v.: Figure, Adelson Collection
The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no 464) where they are dated 'c.1872'.
Images
r.: Two Standing Figures, Adelson Collection
v.: Figure, Adelson Collection
Subject
Sitter
r.: Two Standing Figures, Adelson Collection
Possibly a study of Lady Clementine Redesdale (1854-1932) for Portrait of Lady Redesdale y189, or Frances Leyland (1834-1910) or her sister Elizabeth Dawson (b. 1840).
Technique
Composition
r.: Two Standing Figures, Adelson Collection
Possibly a study for the Portrait of Lady Redesdale y189, although the design of the dress also relates to Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland y106.
History
Provenance
UPDATE:
- Date unknown: owned by Thomas Glen Arthur (1858-1907), Ayr, Scotland.
- By 1904: owned by Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941) and his wife, Clara Elizabeth Macomber née Robison (1858-1932), Boston;
- 1941: bequeathed to his daughter, Isabella Ogden Reed Macomber (Mrs Charles F. Lyman) (1879-1949), Boston, and passed by family descent to her granddaughter, Elizabeth, Mrs J. Hampden Robb (b. 1901), Beverly Farms, MA;
- 1970: purchased by Gustav D. Klimann (1915-1982) and his wife, Joan Peterson Klimann (b. 1933);
- 2001: bought by Warren Adelson (n/a), New York art dealer.
For full details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no 464); this record has been revised and updated.
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 122) as 'Two Standing Figures.'
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no 464) as 'r.: Two Standing Figures; v.: Figure'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 122) as 'Two Standing Figures.'
Books on Whistler
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Susan Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, and Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women and Fashion, New Haven and London, 2003, pp. 111, 113, repr. fig. 107.