The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0615
Beaker
Date
Beaker dates from 1876/1878. It is an illustration in a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894). 1 The small butterfly was added in 1893.
Beaker, Glasgow Museums
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 615).
Images
Beaker, Glasgow Museums
Beaker, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Subject
Description
Beaker, Glasgow Museums
The Thompson catalogue described this beaker as one of two: 'Two Beakers, with expanding necks (companions to the above); ornamented in a similar manner, with the addition of two running bands of flowers. Height, 15 ½ inches.' 2 For the 'above', see Double Gourd Vase and Saucer-Shaped Dish m0613.
Technique
Composition
Beaker, Glasgow Museums
Beaker, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
This is an illustration for Plate X, Thompson 1878 [more]. There is one preliminary study, Beaker m0614.
History
Provenance
- 1876/1878: given to Murray Marks (1840-1918), London art dealer;
- 1879: possibly sold at auction, Christie's, London, 7 February 1879 (lots 527-533), and bought by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) (see Cylindrical Jar m0594).
- 1893: probably acquired by Deprez and Gutekunst, London dealers;
- 1893: signed by Whistler at the request of the New York dealer Max Williams (d. 1928), and offered to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) of Detroit; 3
- 1893: Freer bought one, Vase with slightly bulging body m0617, and the remainder were sold by Deprez and Gutekunst to Williams;
- 1904: in September Max Williams sold eleven drawings to Col. Robert James Bennet (1843-1916), Glasgow; 4
- 1905: on 24 February John Craibe Angus (1861-1910), Glasgow art dealer, submitted eleven drawings to Joseph Pennell (1860-1926);
- 1905: returned by Pennell to Craibe Angus, and sold at some time to a Scottish collector.
- 1925: given by Robert Douglas MacGregor (1850-1934) of Wiston Lodge, Lamington, Lanarkshire, to Glasgow City Art Gallery (now Glasgow Museums).
Exhibitions
- 1878: A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson, Murray Marks gallery, London, 1878.
The porcelain, the final drawings, and the newly published catalogue, were exhibited in Murray Marks's shop in London, the private view being held on 30 April 1878.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 615) as 'Beaker'.
Authored by Whistler
- Thompson, Sir Henry, A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain Forming the Collection of Sir Henry Thompson. Illustrated ... from Drawings by James Whistler ... and Sir Henry Thompson, London, 1878 (cat. no. 27) repr. pl. X.
Catalogues 1855-1905
EXHIBITION:
- A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson, Murray Marks gallery, London, 1878.
SALE:
- Possibly Christie's, London, 7 February 1879 (lots 527-533).
Notes:
1: Thompson 1878 [more].
2: Thompson 1878 [more], p. 7 (cat. no. 27) repr. pl. 10.
3: J. H. Jordan to Freer, 1 May 1893, Freer Gallery of Art.
4: Fitzroy Carrington to E. R. Pennell, 5 September 1906, Library of Congress. The drawings were Oviform Vase m0596, Oviform Vase and Cover m0603, Large Bowl and Cover m0605, Oviform Vase m0609, Ewer and Cover m0610, Tall Vase, with Bulging Body m0611, Beaker m0615, Vase with slightly bulging body and expanding neck m0619, Large Bowl and Cover m0634, Bottle of compressed globular form m0636, and Teapot, in the form of a pomegranate m0642.