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

 

M.1355a
Three Bats

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892/1893
Collection: Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
Accession Number: Réserve 4° L.19
Medium: unknown
Support: cream paper, tipped down around the edge
Size: 5 3/8 x 5 15/16" (136 x 151 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'haut' and 'orig. de Whistler' in unknown hands

Three Bats

Composition

Three Bats, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris
Three Bats, Bibliothèque du Musée D'Orsay, Paris

It was designed as a possible illustration for the second edition of a book: Montesquiou 1893 A [more] ; it was placed in a deluxe copy of the 1893 edition.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret