The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1671
Sketches of a woman nursing a child
Date
Sketches of a woman nursing a child dates from about 1901.
Sketches of a woman nursing a child, Whereabouts unknown
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1671).
Images
Sketches of a woman nursing a child, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Sitter
Sketches of a woman nursing a child, Whereabouts unknown
These sketches of a woman were probably drawn in Corsica.
Technique
Technique
Sketches of a woman nursing a child, Whereabouts unknown
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1671).
Conservation History
The sheet was removed from a sketchbook.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1956: bought by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers, 11 May 1956;
- 1957: bought on 2 August by Alister Mathews (1907-1985), art dealer, Bournemouth;
- 1958: sold in February to Hyman Swetzoff (d. 1968), Swetzoff Gallery, Boston.
The Swetzoff Gallery records are in the Archives of American Art.
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1671).
Exhibitions
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. 1671) as 'Sketches of a woman nursing a child'.