The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 529
Grey Clothes Shop
Date
Grey Clothes Shop has not been identified and therefore cannot be dated precisely; however, it may date from between 1895 and 1900. 1 On 16 February 1901 Whistler’s sister-in- law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), listed among small panels in Whistler’s studio at 8 Fitzroy Street ‘Grey clothes shop.' 2
Images
Grey Clothes Shop, Whereabouts unknown
Old Clothes Shop, Houndsditch, The Hunterian
Subject
Titles
Only one title has been suggested:
- ‘Grey clothes shop’ (1901, R. Birnie Philip). 3
- 'Grey Clothes Shop' (1980, YMSM). 4
Description
It was described by Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) as a ‘Grey clothes shop’. 5
Site
Unknown.
However, it was probably a site in Chelsea, or in the East End of London.
Old Clothes Shop, Houndsditch, The Hunterian
Old Clothes Shop, Houndsditch y371 shows a shop in the East End, the centre of the clothing trade. However, it is definitely not finished, and it is not particularly grey.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- 1901: recorded as in Whistler’s studio at 8 Fitzroy Street, London, on 16 February 1901. 6
No further record is known.
Exhibitions
Unknown.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 529) as 'Grey Clothes Shop'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- None.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
Monographs
- None.
Books on Whistler
- None.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 529).
2: GUL BP II Ledger c, pp. 7-8.
3: GUL BP II Ledger c, pp. 7-8.
4: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 529).
5: 16 February 1901, GUL BP II Ledger c, pp. 7-8
6: Listed by Rosalind Birnie Philip, GUL BP II Ledger c, pp. 7-8.