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

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Club on a cushion

Composition


                    Club on a cushion, Library of Congress
Club on a cushion, Library of Congress

                    A club on a cushion in Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, Glasgow University Library
A club on a cushion in Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, Glasgow University Library

This was drawn for publication in Whistler 1899 (F)[more] . A slightly more complicated version was actually published (see A club on a cushion [M.1564]) .

Technique

It was drawn with neat and detailed pen work on shiny tissue paper, which is now a yellowed beige in colour.

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret