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

 

M.0556
Seven studies of fish

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46068
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/8-11 1/4 x 7 3/16-7 5/16" (283-286 x 183-186 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Seven studies of fish

Composition

Seven studies of fish, The Hunterian
Seven studies of fish, The Hunterian

These lively fish recall the Manga of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) as well as the fish etched by Joseph Auguste Bracquemond (1813-1914) in 1866-67 for the Rousseau plates (Béraldi 553).

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 556).

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret