The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1387
r.: A nude girl wearing a brown cap; v.: Study of same figure
Date
r.: A nude girl wearing a brown cap; v.: Study of same figure dates from 1893/1895.
r.: A nude girl wearing a brown cap, The Hunterian
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1387).
Images
r.: A nude girl wearing a brown cap, The Hunterian
Nude Model, Standing, lithograph, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Verso not reproduced.
Subject
Sitter
r.: A nude girl wearing a brown cap, The Hunterian
Unidentified. The young model appears to be the same as in r.: A nude girl in front of a screen; v.: Illegible m1388.
Technique
Composition
r.: A nude girl wearing a brown cap, The Hunterian
Nude Model, Standing, lithograph, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The pose is related to that of a lithograph, Nude Model, Standing c048.
Technique
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1387).
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1935: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift, the painting 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. 1387) s 'r.: A nude girl wearing a brown cap; v.: Study of same figure'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.
- Lithograph Nude Model, Standing, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, website at www.freersackler.si.edu.