The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0530
Sketch of a girl (Miss Florence Leyland)
Date
Sketch of a girl (Miss Florence Leyland) dates from 1873/1875.
Sketch of a girl (Miss Florence Leyland), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 530).
Images
Sketch of a girl (Miss Florence Leyland), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Subject
Sitter
Sketch of a girl (Miss Florence Leyland), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Florence Leyland (1859-1921).
Technique
Technique
Sketch of a girl (Miss Florence Leyland), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 530).
History
Provenance
- 1870s: possibly acquired by Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892), Liverpool and London;
- 1892: possibly sold at auction, Christie's, London, 28 May 1892 (lot 2) as 'Study of a Girl', bought by the Fine Art Society, or (lot 4) as 'Portrait of a Girl', bought by Edmund F. Deprez (1851-1915), London dealer.
- By 1904: owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York.
- By 1918: bought from Scott and Fowles, New York, by Albert Eugene Gallatin (1882-1952).
- Before 1942: owned by Esther 'Hope' Kerrigan (née Slater) (1892-1951), New York, New York;
- 1942: sold at auction, Kerrigan sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 8-10 January 1942 (lot 28, repr.), bought by Charles Sessler (1854-1935), Philadelphia.
- 1951: given by Aaron Lobowich to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 12 April 1951.
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. 184) as 'Sketch of a Girl'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 530) as 'Sketch of a girl (Miss Florence Leyland)'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
EXHIBITIONS:
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 184) as 'Sketch of a Girl'.
SALES:
- Possibly Christie's, London, 28 May 1892 (lot 2 or 4).
Books on Whistler
- Cary, Elizabeth Luther, The Works of James McNeill Whistler: A Study, with a Tentative List of Artist’s Works, New York, 1907 (cat. no. 181).