The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1208
Girl reading
Date
A pastel of a Girl reading was exhibited in “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889, but it has not been identified..
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1208).
Images
Girl reading, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
It was described in the New York Herald, 2 March 1889: 'there is another and fine example in the same medium, with a girl standing reading by a house'. This implies that the subject was a girl (or young woman) fully clothed, outside a house. No such subject has been identified.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. unknown).
It was described in the New York Herald, 2 March 1889: 'there is another and fine example in the same medium, with a girl standing reading by a house'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1208) as 'Girl reading'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. unknown).
Newspapers 1855-1905
- New York Herald, New York, 2 March 1889.