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

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M.0909
Design for the colouring of a room

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1901.168
Medium: watercolour
Support: white wove paper
Size: 9 15/16 x 6 15/16" (252 x 176 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'Ceiling - / Cornice./ Wall - / Venetian Red - / White. Yellow ochre. / Skirting board - Venetian Red. White. Raw Sienna. / Waxed F1oor.-'; v.: in Frederick Keppel's hand, 'Design for the coloring of a room - / A Symphony in red, white and yellow!'

Design for the colouring of a room

Design for the colouring of a room dates from 1883/1884. It is dated by the butterfly signature.

Design for the colouring of a room, Freer Gallery of Art
Design for the colouring of a room, Freer Gallery of Art

This work is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 909).

Last updated: 6th December 2020 by Margaret