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Study for "Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs. Louis Huth" (recto); Study for "Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland" (verso)
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Whistler created this sketch in preparation for a large-format painting. Made around the same time as the portrait of his mother, this drawing shows its subject, Mrs. Louis Huth, standing in front of a patterned textile and oriented to the viewer nearly in full profile. We know from a letter that Anna Whistler wrote late in 1871 that she tried to model for her son in a standing position but found it too physically demanding. No similar preparatory study for the painting survives; since Whistler lived with his mother, he had little need of a memory aid sketch like this one. He could paint his model directly from life any day of the week, except Sundays, when she demurred for religious observance.
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| Medium | paper (fiber product) |
| Dimensions | 12 × 22 Cm |
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Probably, Mrs....
Probably, Mrs. Louise Huth (née Helen Rose Ogilvy
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The Art Institute of Chicago, “Whistler’s Mother: An American Icon Returns to Chicago, ” March 4–May 21, 2017 (no cat.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, “Whistler’s Mother: An American Icon Returns to Chicago,” March 4–May 21, 2017 (no cat.).
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Dreams and Echoes: Drawings and Sculpture in the David and Celia Hilliard Collection, ed. Suzanne Folds McCullagh with the assistance of Melissa L. Gustin, exh. cat.
Dreams and Echoes: Drawings and Sculpture in the David and Celia Hilliard Collection, ed. Suzanne Folds McCullagh with the assistance of Melissa L. Gustin, exh. cat. (Chicago, 2013), p. 227, fig. 62.1 (ill.).
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Margaret F. MacDonald, Susan Grace Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, and Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women, and Fashion, exh. cat.
Margaret F. MacDonald, Susan Grace Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, and Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women, and Fashion, exh. cat. (New Haven and London, 2003), p. 111.
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Whistler's Mother: An American Icon, ed. Margaret MacDonald
Whistler's Mother: An American Icon, ed. Margaret MacDonald (Burlington, VT, 2003), p.38-40 (ill.).
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The Broad Spectrum: Studies in Materials, Techniques, and Conservation of Color on Paper, eds. Harriet K. Stratis and Britt Salvesen
The Broad Spectrum: Studies in Materials, Techniques, and Conservation of Color on Paper, eds. Harriet K. Stratis and Britt Salvesen (London, 2002), p.37, fig. 1.26 (ill.).
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exhibition
The Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibitions, James McNeill Whistler - Paintings, Prints, Whistleriana, July 20-October 29, 1939, no. 9.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibitions, James McNeill Whistler - Paintings, Prints, Whistleriana, July 20-October 29, 1939, no. 9.
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given to the Art Institute, 1933.
given to the Art Institute, 1933.
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exhibition
Chicago, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brewster, "Special View for the benefit of Chicago Public School Art Society of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Brewster, " January 20–22, 1933, cat. 37.
Chicago, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brewster, "Special View for the benefit of Chicago Public School Art Society of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Brewster," January 20–22, 1933, cat. 37.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Report for the Year 1933
Art Institute of Chicago, Report for the Year 1933 (Chicago, 1933), p. 35.
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sold, London, Christie's, February 27, 1925, lot 101, as "Lady in Black Dress," to Brown and Philips, London [MacDonald 1995]....
sold, London, Christie's, February 27, 1925, lot 101, as "Lady in Black Dress," to Brown and Philips, London [MacDonald 1995]. Possibly, D. C. Thomson, London, 1927 [MacDonald 1995]. Sold by Albert Roullier to Walter S. Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago, June 2, 1927 [invoice]
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Chicago, Albert Roullier Galleries, "Original Drawings by Old and Modern Masters." March 7-21, 1921, p. 5, cat. 44, as "Sketch of a Lady's Dress."
Chicago, Albert Roullier Galleries, "Original Drawings by Old and Modern Masters." March 7-21, 1921, p. 5, cat. 44, as "Sketch of a Lady's Dress."
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exhibition
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography, " June 13-August 30, 1998, pp. 24 and 30, cat. 15, fig. 5; traveled to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, October 2, 1998-January 3...
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography," June 13-August 30, 1998, pp. 24 and 30, cat. 15, fig. 5; traveled to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, October 2, 1998-January 3, 1999.
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Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24:1, Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography
Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24:1, Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of Lithography (Chicago, 1998), p. 24, fig. 5.
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Linda Merrill, The Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography
Linda Merrill, The Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography (Washington, D.C., New Haven, and London, 1998), p. 131.
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Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné
Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), pp. 165-167, cat. 454 (ill.).
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later Mrs....
later Mrs. Archibald Barwell How), acquired directly from the artist, 1872 [MacDonald 1995]. Robert Dunthorne, London and Liverpool [MacDonald 1995]. Possibly, Edwin Thompson, Liverpool
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Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler, exh. cat.
Richard Dorment and Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler, exh. cat. (London, 1994), p. 149.
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Branka Nakanishi, “A Symphony Reexamined: An Unpublished Study for Whistler’s Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 18:2
Branka Nakanishi, “A Symphony Reexamined: An Unpublished Study for Whistler’s Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 18:2 (Chicago, 1992), pp. 156-167, figs. 1, 4.
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Martha Tedeschi, “Forward,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 18: 2
Martha Tedeschi, “Forward,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 18: 2 (Chicago, 1992), pp. 108-111, fig. 4.
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Katharine A. Lochnan, The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler
Katharine A. Lochnan, The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler (New Haven, 1984), pp. 161-163, pl. 195.
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Andrew McLaren Young, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
Andrew McLaren Young, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler (New Haven, 1980), pp. 75-76, under no. 125.
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Berlin, Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen, "James McNeill Whistler, (1834-1903), " October 1-November 24, 1969, cat. 221.
Berlin, Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen, "James McNeill Whistler, (1834-1903)," October 1-November 24, 1969, cat. 221.
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exhibition
The Art Institute of Chicago, "James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Pastels, Watercolors, Etchings, Lithographs, " January 13-February 25, 1968, cat. 53; traveled to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y., March 17-April 28...
The Art Institute of Chicago, "James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Pastels, Watercolors, Etchings, Lithographs," January 13-February 25, 1968, cat. 53; traveled to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y., March 17-April 28, 1968.
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