The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

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

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

Subject

Description

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, 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

• 1876/1878: possibly given to Murray Marks (1840-1918), London art dealer.
• 1909: bequeathed by George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909), Paris and Baltimore, to the Maryland Institute, Baltimore.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 651) as 'Oviform Vase and cover'.

Authored by Whistler

• Thompson, Sir Henry, A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain Forming the Collection of Sir Henry Thompson. Illustrated ... from Drawings by James Whistler ... and Sir Henry Thompson, London, 1878.