The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Note in flesh-colour and red dates from 1879/1880.

Note in flesh-colour and red, Wellesley College

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no 768). The drawing had not been located at that time; the record has now been updated.

Images

Subject

Site

Note in flesh-colour and red, Wellesley College

Venice, Italy.

Technique

Technique

Note in flesh-colour and red, Wellesley College

The view up a narrow passage was summarily outlined in black, with the pastel colours and detail focussed on the figures and church in the distance.

History

Provenance

• 2000: gift of Day Ely Ravenscroft (1928-2012), Class of 1951, to Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College.

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

• 1881: Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 41) as 'Note in flesh colour and red'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no 768) as 'Note in flesh-colour and red'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 41).

Books on Whistler

• Way, Thomas Robert, Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist, London and New York, 1912, repr. f.p. 52.

Websites

• The Davis website as 'Venice Street'.