The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Flowers was drawn on the back of the draft of a letter from Whistler to the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette,late in 1879, or during the following year, when Whistler was in Venice. ¹ The letter has nothing to do with the drawing.

Flowers, Glasgow University Library

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 724).

Images

Subject

Description

Flowers, Glasgow University Library

The flowers are either water-lilies or cyclamen.

Technique

Conservation History

The letter is on the first side of the letter (which is unrelated to the sketch), the drawing on the second side, sideways on to the letter. The sheet was folded in quarters and the folds are dirty.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955: given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

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. 724) as 'Flowers'.

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 #04375.