The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0466
A lady with a fan
Date
A lady with a fan dates from 1872/1874.
A lady with a fan, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no 466).
Images
A lady with a fan, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Study for a dress, Fitzwilliam Museum
Subject
Sitter
A lady with a fan, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Unknown. The model may be the same as in Study for a dress m0465, which may be a a study of Lady Clementine Redesdale (1854-1932)
Technique
Composition
A lady with a fan, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Study for a dress, Fitzwilliam Museum
Study for a dress m0465 and A lady with a fan m0466 may be studies for a portrait.
History
Provenance
- Before 1986: owned by Whitney Warren, Jr (1898-1986), San Francisco;
- 1987: bequeathed from the Estate of Whitney Warren, Jr, to the Aschenbach Foundation, at the California Palace of the Legion of Honour, in memory of Mrs. Adolph B. Spreckels.
The earlier 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 465) as 'A lady with a fan'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Selections from the bequest of Whitney Warren, Jr, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1988-1989.
- Symphonies in Stone: Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler, de Young Museum, San Francisco, 1992.
Websites
- FAMSF website at https://art.famsf.org.