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
Holdings:
Reference LibraryNJ18.W57 M33 2020 (LC) Oversize
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.Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.