Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
MacDonald, Margaret F.
Title:
The woman in white : Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler / Margaret F. MacDonald ; with contributions by Charles Brock, Patricia de Montfort, Joanna Dunn, Grischka Petri, Aileen Ribeiro, Joyce H. Townsend.
Alternate Title(s):
Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler
Published / Created:
Washington : National Gallery of Art ; London : Royal Academy of Arts ; New Haven [Connecticut] ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Connected to an exhibition organized by and scheduled to open in 2022 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Contents:
Foreword / Kaywin Feldman, Director, National Gallery of Art, Rebecca Salter, President, Royal Academy of Arts -- Preface / Margaret F. MacDonald, University of Glasgow, Ann Dumas, Royal Academy of Arts, Charles Brock, National Gallery of Art -- Whistler and the woman in white / Margaret F. MacDonald -- Joanna Hiffernan and James Whistler : an artistic partnership / Margaret F. MacDonald -- Painting Joanna Hiffernan / Margaret F. MacDonald, Joanna Dunn, and Joyce H. Townsend -- Plates -- "A great sensation" : women in white in late Victorian literature and popular culture / Patricia de Montfort -- Fashioning white in the work of Whistler and his contemporaries / Aileen Ribeiro -- The "symphonies in white" : display, sale, and reproduction / Grischka Petri -- A short history of the woman in white / Charles Brock -- Appendix of archival materials -- List of plates -- Notes/abbreviations -- Selected bibliography.
Subject Terms:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 -- Influence. | Hiffernan, Joanna, 1843-1903. | Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Artistic collaboration. | Man-woman relationships. | Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903. | Man-woman relationships. | Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Artistic collaboration. | Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Form/Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Exhibition catalogs. | Exhibition catalogs.
Contributors:
Brock, Charles, 1959- contributor. | Montfort, Patricia de, contributor. | Dunn, Joanna, 1976- contributor. | Petri, Grischka, contributor. | Ribeiro, Aileen, 1944- contributor. | Townsend, Joyce, contributor. | Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903, artist. | National Gallery of Art (U.S., host institution. | Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), host institution.