The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Study of nude figure looking right may have dated, as the Pennells suggest in the 1921 catalogue, from 1897. ¹

Study of nude figure looking right, Whereabouts unknown

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1488).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Study of nude figure looking right, Whereabouts unknown

Unidentified.

Technique

Composition

Study of nude figure looking right, Whereabouts unknown

Nude figure standing, holding a veil, Library of Congress

A similar figure and pose is seen in Nude figure standing, holding a veil m1487.

History

Provenance

• 1897/1900: William Heinemann (1863-1920);
• 1922: Heinemann estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 13 January 1922 (lot 207, repr.) as 'Study of the Nude'.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1488).

Exhibitions

• 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 205) as 'Study of Nude Figure looking right'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1488) as 'Study of nude figure looking right'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 205) as 'Study of Nude Figure looking right'.

Books on Whistler

• Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921,

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

• Heinemann estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 13 January 1922 (lot 207, repr.) as 'Study of the Nude'.