The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Girl's arm with puffed sleeve was drawn on the draft of an unrelated letter from Whistler to the Beefsteak Club. ¹

Girl's arm with puffed sleeve, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1407) as by J. McN. Whistler.

Images

Subject

Description

A puffed sleeve.

Technique

Technique

Girl's arm with puffed sleeve, Glasgow University Library

This may be by Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) or by her husband.

Conservation History

A foolscap sheet, blotted with ink, which has been roughly torn down the left side. The sheet had been folded into eight and is slightly torn and dirty along the folds. The tiny drawing was sketched on the verso in one of the sections. It is the other way up from the letter, and drawn in black ink.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was never exhibited.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1407) as 'Girl's arm with puffed sleeve'.

Websites

• The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2004, GUW #00268.