Woman seated, back view
Maker
Copy after
(artist)
1834-1903
(artist)
1834-1903
Title
Woman seated, back view
Date of Production
1880 - 1890
Medium
black and white chalk on thick brown wove paper, framed with double black chalk lines
Dimensions
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1982.LB.4
Mode of Acquisition
Lillian Browse, gift, 1982
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Lillian Browse Gift 1982
Exhibition History
Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the
Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/05/1988-04/09/1988
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983
Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/05/1988-04/09/1988
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983
Literature
MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler drawings, pastels and watercolours, a catalogue raisonné, New Haven and London 1995
p. 254
ill. on p. 254
rejected
Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988
cat. no. 39
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, 1983
cat. no. 73
ill.
p. 254
ill. on p. 254
rejected
Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988
cat. no. 39
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, 1983
cat. no. 73
ill.
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none (although William Bradford interpreted the marks at lower left as the artist's butterfly "signature"; Margaret MacDonald in her catalogue raisonne said this is a "fake" butterfly).
Label: The Arts Council of Great Britain exhibition label: "Exhibition J. McN. Whistler/Catalogue No. 122/(in pencil) 5 P pf 12/ Artist Whistler/Title of Picture Back view of Girl Seated/Name of Owner Private Collection, London"
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none (although William Bradford interpreted the marks at lower left as the artist's butterfly "signature"; Margaret MacDonald in her catalogue raisonne said this is a "fake" butterfly).
Label: The Arts Council of Great Britain exhibition label: "Exhibition J. McN. Whistler/Catalogue No. 122/(in pencil) 5 P pf 12/ Artist Whistler/Title of Picture Back view of Girl Seated/Name of Owner Private Collection, London"
Collector's mark: none.
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