The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A nude girl with a parasol dates from about 1886.

A nude girl with a parasol, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1094).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

A nude girl with a parasol, The Hunterian

Sketch of 'Harmony in Blue and Gold', Clark Art Institute

This may be, like Sketch of 'Harmony in Blue and Gold' m1095, a copy or study of the missing oil, Harmony in Blue and Gold y197

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1094).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1958: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1094) as 'A nude girl with a parasol'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.