Thomas Carlyle (Primary Title)
Study for "Arrangement in Grey & Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle", 1872-73 (Primary Title)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903 (Artist)

1872
American
oil on canvas
31 1/16 x 25 2/16 in./framed 22 12/16 x 17 in. (by sight) (78.8 x 63.8 cm./framed 57.7 x 43.1 cm. (by sight) cm)
77.41
Not on view
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
Washington and Lee University, Lexington (4 - 29 June 1984).
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"Portraits." Peninsula Arts Association, Newport News (2-31 May 1984).

"Five Years of Collecting," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (25 March - 4 May 1980).

"American Art in the Making". Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibitions (SITES); Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, (December, 1975); San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California (February 1976); J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (March 1978); Charlestown Gallery of Sunrise, Charlestown, West Virginia (May 1976); Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (July 1976); Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas (August 1976); Wichita State University Art Gallery, Wichita, Kansas (November, 1976); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (January 1977).

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1907.


Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, and Robin Spencer. The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, Vols. 1-2 (New Haven: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1980) no. 136, p.82. ill. pl.102.

The Connoisseur (June 1977) ill. p.14.

Sellin, David. American Art in the Making: Preparatory Studies for Masterpieces of American Painting, 1800-1900 (Washington: Published for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976) no. 62, ill. p.64.

Weintraub, Stanley. Whistler: A Biography (New York: Weybright and Talley, 1974): p.158.

From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and his World: an Exhibition. (New York: The University, 1971): pp. 46-47.

Sweet, Frederick A. James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Pastels, Watercolors, Etching, Lithographs (Chicago: H.L. Ruggles, 1968): p.67.

Sutton, Denys. James McNeill Whistler; Paintings, Etchings, Pastels & Watercolours. (London: Phaidon Press, 1966) p.190.

Sutton, Denys. Nocturne: The Art of James McNeill Whistler (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1964) pp.72-73

Young, Andrew McLaren. James McNeill Whistler: An Exhibition of Paintings and Other Works (Arts Council of Great Britain and the English-Speaking
Union of the United States, 1960) p.53.

Lane, J.W. Whistler (New York: 1942) ill. p.75.

Pennell, E.R. and J. The Whistler Journal (Philadelphia: 1921): ill. p.129.
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