The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A woman holding a pot dates from 1890/1892. According to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), this was drawn in Paris, where the Whistlers took a house at 110 rue du Bac in 1892.

A woman holding a pot, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1310).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Not identified.

A woman holding a pot, The Hunterian

According to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) this was drawn in Paris, and the same model posed for Blue and Violet m1221. She also posed for Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) (A woman wearing a chiton and cap, The Hunterian, GLAHA 46594).

Technique

Composition

A woman holding a pot, The Hunterian

Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896), working beside Whistler, drew same the model in the same outfit, using a similar technique, and on similar paper (A woman wearing a chiton and cap, Hunterian, GLAHA 46594).

Technique

There is another drawing, upside down, under this one.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to other venues.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1310) as 'A woman holding a pot'.

Websites

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