The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A girl dancing to the left dates from 1900/1902.

A girl dancing to the left, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1630).

Images

Subject

Sitter

A girl dancing to the left, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Possibly Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979).

Technique

Technique

A girl dancing to the left, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1630).

History

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

None recorded in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1630) as 'A girl dancing to the left'.

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. 138).

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.