The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1190
r.: Lady playing the piano; v.: ship in a storm
Date
r.: Lady playing the piano; v.: ship in a storm date from about 1888.
r.: Lady playing the piano, Private Collection
They are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1190).
Images
r.: Lady playing the piano, Private Collection
v.: Ship in a storm, not reproduced.
Subject
Sitter
Not identified.
Technique
Technique
r.: Lady playing the piano, Private Collection
It is possible that this is by Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896).
Conservation History
Family tradition records that this drawing was taken from a sketchbook.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- ca 1956: removed from a sketchbook and give to the Hon. Kathleen Gay, London;
- 1976: passed by family descent to a private collection.
Exhibitions
The drawings have 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. 1190) as 'r.: Lady playing the piano; v.: ship in a storm'.