The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Maud Franklin dates from 1878.

Maud Franklin, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 689).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Maud Franklin, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

Maud Franklin (1857-1939).

Technique

Composition

Maud Franklin, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

This appears to be a study for, or a sketch of, a portrait of Maud Franklin.

History

Provenance

• By 1912: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915), and passed to his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913);
• Date unknown: bought either from Way or from his widow by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930);
• 1930: bequeathed to his daughter, Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973);
• 1965: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot 37) and bought by Knoedler, London and New York dealers (WCA 3549#13);
• 1969: bought on 19 May by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited 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. 689) as 'Maud Franklin'.

Books on Whistler

• Way, Thomas Robert, Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist, London and New York, 1912, repr.f.p.58 as 'Sketch of Maud Franklin'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

• Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot 37) as 'Sketch of Maud Franklin'.