James Abbott McNeill Whistler

(American, 1834-1903)

Model Resting, c. 1866-9

chalk on brown paper

inscribed No. 3 Whistler Drawing - Model Resting, Howard Mansfield Collection MAU os 47 and 8588 in unknown hands

9 1/2 x 7 inches.

with the verso bearing a drawing of a woman's leg.

Provenance:

The Artist

Sold: Sotheby's, London, February 12, 1880, Lot 79 (probably)

Marcus Bourne Huish, London, acquired directly from the above sale

Howard Mansfield, New York, by 1904

Macbeth Gallery, New York, by 1949

Private Estate

Sold: Doyle, New York, April 24, 1985, Lot 59

R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, acquired directly at the above sale

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited:

Boston, Copley Society, Copley Hall, Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels, and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, February 1904, no. 176

New London, Connecticut, Lyman Allyn Museum, J. McNeill Whistler, May 1 - June 13, 1949, no. 75

Literature:

"Art Sales," Academy, XVII, February 21, 1880, pp. 148-9

Boston Home Journal, January 7, 1888

Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours, A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven & London, 1995, no. 335, pp. 109-10, illus.

Model Resting, c. 1866-9