The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1628
The Tambourine
Date
The Tambourine dates from 1900/1902.
The Tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1628).
Images
The Tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
A girl kicking a tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Subject
Sitter
The Tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
A girl kicking a tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Possibly Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979). The same model probably posed for A girl kicking a tambourine m1629.
Technique
Technique
The Tambourine, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1628).
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
- Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 142).
By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's will, this work cannot be exhibited in 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. 1628) as 'The Tambourine'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 142).
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. 139)
Websites
- The Hunterian, University of Glasgow website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.