Three Girls
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1870-1875
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPencil and watercolor on paper
Dimensions8.7 x 13.3 cm (3 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP27w18
eMuseum ID722141
EmbARK ObjectID10907
TMS Source ID173
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 249.
Deborah Gribbon. "Whistler's Sketch of an Unfinished Symphony." Fenway Court (1980), pp. 26-33, fig. 1. (as James McNeill Whistler, dated early 1870s; as probably a study for Whistler's The White Symphony (whereabouts unknown), as part of the Six Projects; as possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Whistler's studio in 1886 or 1889)
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), pp. 426-27, no. 1163. (as possibly a gift from the artist to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1892)
Deborah Gribbon. "Whistler's Sketch of an Unfinished Symphony." Fenway Court (1980), pp. 26-33, fig. 1. (as James McNeill Whistler, dated early 1870s; as probably a study for Whistler's The White Symphony (whereabouts unknown), as part of the Six Projects; as possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Whistler's studio in 1886 or 1889)
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), pp. 426-27, no. 1163. (as possibly a gift from the artist to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1892)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly entered the collection of the lithographic printer Thomas Way (1837-1915) from James McNeill Whistler on 18 September 1879.
Possibly returned to James McNeill Whistler by Thomas Way, about 1880-1881.
Possibly entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection through James McNeill Whistler, 1886 or 1892.
Possibly returned to James McNeill Whistler by Thomas Way, about 1880-1881.
Possibly entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection through James McNeill Whistler, 1886 or 1892.
