The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0651
Oviform Vase and cover

Oviform Vase and cover

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Lucas Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession Number: BMA L33.53.8311
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 8 3/4" x 6 15/16" (223 x 176 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'Dessin original de Whistler non employé dans le catalogue de Sir Henry Thompson' in G. A. Lucas's hand; and in an unknown hand, 'Not to be used'; v.: 'Original by Whistler not used in the Sir Henry Thompson Catalogue of Blue & White Nankin porcelain.' in Lucas's hand

Date

Oviform Vase and cover dates from 1876/1878, and later acquired by George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909).

Oviform Vase and cover, Baltimore Museum of Art
Oviform Vase and cover, Baltimore Museum of Art

It was intended as an illustration for a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894), published in 1878, but was not used. 1

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 651).

Images

Oviform Vase and cover, Baltimore Museum of Art
Oviform Vase and cover, Baltimore Museum of Art

Oviform Vase and cover, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Oviform Vase and cover, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

Subject

Description

Oviform Vase and cover, Baltimore Museum of Art
Oviform Vase and cover, Baltimore Museum of Art

The vase has panels containing flowers, on a white ground decorated with stylised shapes. It is lit from the left but no shadow is indicated to right of it.

Technique

Composition

Oviform Vase and cover, Baltimore Museum of Art
Oviform Vase and cover, Baltimore Museum of Art

Oviform Vase and cover, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Oviform Vase and cover, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

There is one preliminary study, Oviform Vase and cover m0650.

It was intended as an illustration for a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894), published in 1878, but was not used. 2

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Authored by Whistler


Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more].

2: Thompson 1878 [more].