Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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r.: A composition - draped figures on a terrace; v.: Studies for 'Variations in Blue and Green'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1868/1869
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46017
Medium: crayon
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark 'DEDB'
Size: 8 3/4 x 13 3/4" (222 x 349 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Draped figures on a terrace / By J. McNeill Whistler' in Harold Wright's hand
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r.: A composition - draped figures on a terrace; v.: Studies for 'Variations in Blue and Green'

Composition

r.: A composition - draped figures on a terrace, The Hunterian
r.: A composition - draped figures on a terrace, The Hunterian
v: Studies for 'Variations in Blue and Green', The Hunterian
v: Studies for 'Variations in Blue and Green', The Hunterian
Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art
Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing on the verso may be an early sketch for Variations in Blue and Green [YMSM 084].

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 342).

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret