The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1370
A woman in a chemise and long skirt
Date
A woman in a chemise and long skirt dates from 1893/1895.
A woman in a chemise and long skirt,TheHunterian
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1370).
Images
A woman in a chemise and long skirt,The Hunterian
Subject
Sitter
A woman in a chemise and long skirt,TheHunterian
An unidentified model, half-dressed in contemporary clothes, rather than in semi-classical robes.
Technique
Technique
A woman in a chemise and long skirt,TheHunterian
Whistler used broken outlines on the soft corsage, or under-dress, and two spots of colour, the round end of a pink pastel, on her breast and shoulder.
Conservation History
The paper is a greyish tone of brown, with small golden flacks of wood-stalk and fibres.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1935: given 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 another venue.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1370) as 'A woman in a chemise and long skirt'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.