The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1674
Seated mother and child
Date
Seated mother and child dates from about 1901.
Seated mother and child, Whereabouts unknown
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1674).
Images
Seated mother and child, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Sitter
Seated mother and child, Whereabouts unknown
Several drawings of nursing mothers such as this, Sketches of a woman nursing a child m1671 and r.: Seated woman nursing a child; v.: Standing woman m1673, may have been drawn in Corsica.
Technique
Technique
Seated mother and child, Whereabouts unknown
It is known to the author only from a photograph.
History
Provenance
- 1903: possibly in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958).
- 1979: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 14 March 1979 (lot 5, repr.).
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. 1674) as 'Seated mother and child.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALE:
- Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 14 March 1979 (lot 5, repr.).