The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1673
r.: Seated woman nursing a child; v.: Standing woman
Date
r.: Seated woman nursing a child; v.: Standing woman dates from about 1901.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1673).
Images
Seated woman nursing a child, whereabouts unknown
Standing woman, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Sitter
The subject sounds similar to Sketches of a woman nursing a child m1671, and may have been drawn in Corsica.
Technique
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 on 11 May by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers, and sold to a private collector.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1673).
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. 1673) as 'r.: Seated woman nursing a child; v.: Standing woman'.