The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Study in Grey and Pink dates from 1872/1874.

Study in Grey and Pink, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 470).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Study in Grey and Pink, Freer Gallery of Art

Not identified. It is just possible, however, that it was Maud Franklin (1857-1939).

Technique

Composition

Study in Grey and Pink, Freer Gallery of Art

Study for 'Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour', Manchester City Art Gallery

Study for 'Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour', Fogg Art Museum

This is one of two studies for Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour y131.

History

Provenance

• 1870s: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915), London;
• 1905: bought from his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in June 1905;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

• 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. unknown; title on a label, 'Note in Pastel for a Portrait').

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no 470) as 'Study in Grey and Pink'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. unknown; title on a label, 'Note in Pastel for a Portrait').

Books on Whistler

• Merrill, Linda, The Peacock Room. A Cultural Biography, New Haven and London, 1998, p. 140, fig. 3.28.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 255, pl.240.

Websites

• Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1905.151a-b.