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

 

M.0723
Sketch of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number:
Medium: pen and ink
Support: unknown
Size: unknown, reproduction 52 x 84 mm (2 x 3 5/16")
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Sketch of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel'

Composition

Sketch of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel', Way 1912
Sketch of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel', Way 1912
Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel, Tate
Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel, Tate

This is a memory sketch, or a drawing of, or a study for Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel [YMSM 169], and shows the Firewheel looking much more conspicuous than it now appears.

Last updated: 14th February 2021 by Margaret