The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A nude girl holding up a pink cloak dates from about 1900.

A nude girl holding up a pink cloak, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1621).

Images

Subject

Sitter

A nude girl holding up a pink cloak, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Unidentified.

Technique

Technique

A nude girl holding up a pink cloak, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1621).

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

As far as is known, it was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Due to the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's will, 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. 1621) as 'A nude girl holding up a pink cloak'.

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. 141).

Websites

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