The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1355a
Three Bats
Date
Three Bats dates from 1892/1893.
Three Bats, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1355c).
Images
Three Bats, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
Subject
Description
Three Bats, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
Three bats with outspread wings.
Technique
Composition
Three Bats, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
It was designed as a possible illustration for the second edition of a book: Montesquiou 1893 A [more]; it was placed in a deluxe copy of the 1893 edition.
History
Provenance
- 1892: drawn for Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1855-1921) and possibly given to Antonio de la Gandara (1862-1917).
- Date unknown: acquired by the Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris.
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited 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. 1355c) as 'Three Bats'.
Books, General
- Montesquiou, Robert de, Les Chauves Souris. Clairs Obscurs, Paris, 1893.