The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0497
Sketch of Maud
Date
Sketch of Maud was signed and dated on 22 June 1873.
Sketch of Maud, National Gallery of Art, DC
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 497).
Images
Sketch of Maud, National Gallery of Art, DC
Subject
Sitter
Sketch of Maud, National Gallery of Art, DC
This may be Maud Franklin (1857-1939), but the identification is not certain. If so it is the first dated portrait of her.
Technique
Conservation History
Sketch of Maud, National Gallery of Art, DC
The drawing has faded a lot, judging by a photograph in the Library of Congress. 1
History
Provenance
- 1873: given to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904);
- Date unknown: acquired by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971);
- 1943: given to the National Gallery of Art;
- 1980: transferred from Alverthorpe to the National Gallery of Art.
Exhibitions
There is no record of an exhibition 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. 497) as 'Sketch of Maud'.
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921, repr. f.p. 162.
Websites
- National Gallery of Art website at https://www.nga.gov.
- Library of Congress website at http://www.loc.gov.
Notes:
1: Library of Congress website at http://www.loc.gov.