The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.1216
Draped figure with black drapery and red cap

Draped figure with black drapery and red cap

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1890
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Date

Draped figure with black drapery and red cap may date from 1885/1890 but could date from later.

The work is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1216) as 'Draped figure with black drapery'; the title and date have now been amended.

Images

Draped figure with black drapery and red cap, Whereabouts unknown
Draped figure with black drapery and red cap, Whereabouts unknown

Subject

Description

'Draped full length (upright) Black drapery red cap)' was listed by Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) in Whistler's studio at 8 Fitzroy Street in London on 16 February 1901. 1

Technique

Technique

Unknown.

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

This is only a faint possibility; see Flesh-colour and grey - Redcap m1091.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1855-1905


Notes:

1: GUL Whistler NB3 (Ledger c), pp. 11-12.