The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1670
Two seated women
Date
Two seated women dates from about 1901.
Two seated women, whereabouts unknown
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1670).
Images
Two seated women, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Site
Two seated women, whereabouts unknown
Possibly drawn in Corsica, or London.
Technique
Technique
Two seated women, whereabouts unknown
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1670).
Conservation History
The sheet was 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) ;
- 1956: bought on 11 May by Colnaghi's, London art dealers;
- 1957: bought on 5 November by Alister Mathews (1907-1985), art dealer, Bournemouth.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1670). The subsequent history is unknown.
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. 1670) as 'Two seated women'.