The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0909
Design for the colouring of a room
Date
Design for the colouring of a room dates from 1883/1884. It is dated by the butterfly signature.
Design for the colouring of a room, Freer Gallery of Art
This work is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 909).
Images
Design for the colouring of a room, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Site
Unknown.
Technique
Technique
See technical details in Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.
History
Provenance
- 1901: bought on 20 December from Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York dealer, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
- 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
Details of provenance are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 909).
Exhibitions
By the terms of Freer's will, this work cannot be lent to another venue.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 909) as 'Design for the colouring of a room'.
Books on Whistler
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler: Uneasy Pieces, New York, 2004, p. 124, fig. 4.13.
- Glazer, Lee, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy, and Katherine Roeder, Whistler in Watercolor: Lovely Little Games, New Haven and London, 2019.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, pp. 67, 177, pl. 92.
- Myers, Kenneth John, Mr. Whistler’s Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 11, fig. 7.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1901.168, as 'Design for the Coloring of a Room'.
- Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.