The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Resting in Bed dates from 1883/1884.

Resting in Bed, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 901).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Resting in Bed, Freer Gallery of Art

Maud Franklin (1857-1939). According to Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942), this was painted at 448 Fulham Road, London.

Technique

Technique

See technical details in Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.

History

Provenance

• 1884/1885: acquired by Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942);
• 1907: sold to Obach, London art dealers;
• 1907: bought on 22 October by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

See details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 900).

Exhibitions

By the terms of Freer's will, this work cannot be exhibited at any other venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 901) as 'Resting in Bed'.

Books on Whistler

• Glazer, Lee, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy, and Katherine Roeder, Whistler in Watercolor: Lovely Little Games, New Haven and London, 2019.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 198, pl. 128.

Websites

• Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1907.172a-c.
• Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.