The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0666
r.: Demon; v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren
Date
r.: Demon; v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren date from 1878.
r.: Demon, Private Collection
v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren, Private Collection
They are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 666).
Images
r.: Demon, Private Collection
v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren, Private Collection
Subject
Sitter
r.: Demon, Private Collection
v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren, Private Collection
Ellen ('Nellie') Farren (1848-1904), Principal Boy, acrobat and dancer, and another character in Henry James Byron's farce Little Dr Faust at the Gaiety Theatre.
Technique
Conservation History
r.: Demon, Private Collection
The sheet has been torn from a larger sheet, and partial figures are still visible at the edge.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), London;
- Date unknown: given to her doctor, Dr Dykes-Bower, London;
- 1972: with Spink & Son, London dealers, in July;
- 1974-1978: sold to William Darby, London dealer, by June 1874, and sent to Davis and Long, New York dealers, who bought it on 5 January 1978;
- Date unknown: sold to a private collector, California;
- 1989: sold from the estate of Victor Rosen, Beverly Hills, California, at auction, Christie's, London, 3 March 1989 (lot 301) as 'A Cloaked Demon' and 'Two Figures', and bought by a private collector.
Exhibitions
It has not been exhibited.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 666) as 'r.: Demon; v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Christie's, London, 3 March 1989 (lot 301) as 'A Cloaked Demon' and 'Two Figures'.