The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1672
Two women and a child
Date
Two women and a child probably dates from 1901.
Two women and a child, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1672).
Images
Two women and a child, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
Subject
Site
Two women and a child, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
Probably drawn in Corsica, France.
Technique
Conservation History
Two women and a child, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
The sheet was removed from a sketchbook. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1672).
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 on 11 May by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers;
- 1957: sold in July to Philip Hofer, Boston, MA.
- From 1984: on loan to the Fogg Art Museum;
- 1989: bequeathed by Aimée Lamb (1893-1989) and Rosamond Lamb (1898-1989) to the Fogg Art Museum, and accessioned by the museum in 1993.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1672).
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. 1672) as 'Two women and a child'.
Websites
- Fogg Art Museum website at harvardartmuseums.org.