The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0705
Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket'
Date
Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket' was drawn on the verso of a letter to Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) regarding the Whistler v. Ruskin trial, and dates from about 26 November 1878. 1
Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket', Library of Congress
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 705).
Images
Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket', Library of
Congress
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, Detroit Institute of Arts
Subject
Description
A tiny cryptic sketch of a painting of fireworks and smoke.
Technique
Composition
Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket', Library of Congress
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, Detroit Institute of Arts
This is a rough sketch of Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket y170.
History
Provenance
- 1878: drawn on the draft of a letter from Whistler to J. J. Tissot, starting 'Mon pauvre Tissot', written in November 1878.
- Date unknown: acquired by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) and/or Joseph Pennell (1860-1926);
- 1927/1936: deposited by E. R. Pennell in the Library of Congress.
Exhibitions
It has not been exhibited.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 705) as "Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket' ".
Websites
- The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2005. GUW #10748..
Notes:
1: GUW #10748.