The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

The Rose Drapery dates from 1888/1895.

The Rose Drapery, The Hunterian

The work is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1213).

Images

Subject

Sitter

The Rose Drapery, The Hunterian

Not identified.

Technique

Composition

The Rose Drapery, The Hunterian

A dancing woman in a pink robe, The Hunterian

The Rose Drapery m1213 is one of two similar studies of women in pink and white gauzy robes against a pinkish red curtain: see A dancing woman in a pink robe m1212.

Technique

The Rose Drapery, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1213).

History

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1213) as 'The Rose Drapery'.

Websites

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