The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1230
A Japanese girl
Date
A Japanese girl was exhibited in 1891.
It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1230).
Images
A Japanese girl, Whereabouts unknown.
Subject
Description
The title indicates a young woman in Chinese or Japanese dress.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- 1891: with Henry Graves (1806-1892) and Algernon Graves (1845-1922), London publishers and art dealers.
Exhibitions
- 1891: [Exhibition], Messrs Graves, London, 1891 (no catalogue located).
It was described in the Pall Mall Gazette, 22 April 1891, as one of `two excellent pastels ... one of these, "Whisperings in Blue," is of a Japanese girl'. 1 It could have been The Japanese Parasol m1228, which has not been located.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1230) as 'A Japanese girl'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- [Exhibition], Messrs Graves, London, 1891 (no catalogue located).
Journals 1855-1905
- Anon., 'Art Notes', Pall Mall Gazette, London, 22 April 1891, p. 1.
Notes:
1: 'Art Notes', Pall Mall Gazette, London, 22 April 1891. Press-cutting in Glasgow University Library, Whistler PC10, p. 41.