The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0527
Profile portrait of a young lady
Date
Profile portrait of a young lady dates from 1873/1876 but was signed about 1890.
Profile portrait of a young lady, Private Collection
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 527).
Images
Profile portrait of a young lady, Private Collection
Profile portrait of a young lady, photograph, 1990?
Subject
Sitter
Profile portrait of a young lady, Private Collection
Probably Florence Leyland (1859-1921), but possibly her sister Fanny Leyland (1857-1880).
Technique
Technique
Profile portrait of a young lady, Private Collection
This drawing, including the signature, has been retouched, skilfully, by another hand.
History
Provenance
- 1906: sold by Goupil, art dealers, London and Paris.
- Date unknown: with A. M. Adler Fine Arts, New York (label).
- Date unknown: in the collection of Walter Lippmann (1899-1974).
- 1972: sold by Messrs Agnew, London art dealers, to a private collector;
- 1972: with an art dealer in Washington, DC.
- By 1988: with a private collector;
- 1988: on deposit with Galerie Lareuse, Washington, DC, but returned to the owner.
The early history is unknown and the later provenance is not clear, and the present whereabouts are uncertain.
Exhibitions
- 1903: possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 188) as 'Study of a Head.'
It is possible that the drawing was for sale by William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925) in 1903.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 527) as 'Profile portrait of a young lady'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 188) as 'Study of a Head.'