The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1308
The Pink Cap
Date
The Pink Cap dates from 1890/1894.
The Pink Cap, Denver Art Museum
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1308).
Images
The Pink Cap, Denver Art Museum
Subject
Sitter
The Pink Cap, Denver Art Museum
A model nicknamed 'Tootsie'. In 1901 Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), listed a 'Nude figure. Draped full length. Upright (Tootsie)' in Whistler's studio at 8 Fitzroy Street. Furthermore, when the painting was sold by the artist to Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914) in 1903, the title was recorded as 'The Pink Cap' and 'Ty - Sea pink cap'. 1
Technique
Technique
The Pink Cap, Denver Art Museum
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1308).
History
Provenance
- 1903: sold on 8 May by Whistler to Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914), Providence, RI;
- 1914: sold to Knoedler's, New York art dealers, March 1914;
- 1920: bought by Col. H. D. G. Hughes, Philadelphia, 20 August.
- 1942: sold by the Kleeman Galleries to Knoedler's, 27 October 1942;
- 1942: bought by George A. Martin (1864-1944), Cleveland, OH, in October 1942;
- 1944: probably bequeathed to his widow, Mrs George A. Martin (dates unknown);
- 1946: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 304), and bought by Babcock Galleries, New York art dealers;
- Date unknown: passed on commission to Macbeth, New York art dealers.
- By 1960: owned by Dr Thomas Edward Hanley (1839-1969) and his wife Tulla Innes Hanley (Mrs T. E. Hanley) (d. 1992);
- 1969: given by Mrs Hanley as part of 'The T. Edward and Tullah Hanley Memorial Gift to the People of Denver and the Area', to the Denver Art Museum.
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 144) as 'The Pink Cap'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1308) as 'The Pink Cap'.
Websites
- Denver Art Museum website at https://denverartmuseum.org.
Notes:
1: 16 February 1901, GUL MS Whistler NB3 Ledger c, pp. 11-12, and 8 May 1903, MS Whistler NB1, p. 108.