The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Ethel Warwick asleep on a sofa dates from 4 June 1900.

Ethel Warwick asleep on a sofa, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1604).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Ethel Warwick asleep on a sofa, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Ethel Warwick (1882-1951).

Technique

Technique

Ethel Warwick asleep on a sofa, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1604).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• 1935: given by Miss R. 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. 1604) as 'Ethel Warwick asleep on a sofa'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• MacDonald, Margaret F., Whistler Pastels and Related Works in the Hunterian Art Gallery, Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 1984 (cat. no. 69).

Websites

• The Hunterian, University of Glasgow website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.