The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: Woman, seen from the back; v.: Indecipherable, by an unknown hand dates from about 1887. It is mounted in an album with other drawings acquired by Whistler's son Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) (see Ship m1146).

r.: Woman, seen from the back, The Hunterian

The drawing on the verso may be by Hanson.

v: Anon., Indecipherable, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1150).

Images

Subject

Sitter

r.: Woman, seen from the back, The Hunterian

Not identified. The same woman appears in r.: A woman; v.: Indecipherable, by an unknown hand m1149, r.: Woman, seen from the back; v.: Indecipherable, by an unknown hand m1150, r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes; v.: Tall woman and small man m1152.

Technique

Technique

r.: Woman, seen from the back, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1150).

Conservation History

This is one of several drawings that were bound into an album, possibly by the Redfern Gallery, London, ca 1950.

History

Provenance

• 1890s: acquired, probably from the artist, by his son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935).
• 1952: bought from the Redfern Gallery, London, by the Hunterian Art Gallery.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1150) as 'r.: Woman, seen from the back; v.: Indecipherable, by an unknown hand'.

Websites

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