The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1635
Man sitting at an outdoor café table
Date
Man sitting at an outdoor café table dates from 1900/1901.
Man sitting at an outdoor café table, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1635).
Images
Man sitting at an outdoor café table, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Subject
Site
Man sitting at an outdoor café table, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Possibly Marseilles, France, or Ajaccio, Corsica.
Sitter
Man sitting at an outdoor café table, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Unidentified.
Technique
Technique
Man sitting at an outdoor café table, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1635).
Conservation History
The sheet was almost certainly taken from a sketchbook.
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
It was not exhibited 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. 1635) as 'Man sitting at an outdoor café table'.
Websites
- The Hunterian, University of Glasgow website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.