The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
m1070a
Violet and Blue
Date
Violet and Blue dates from 1885/1886. It has neither been located or identified.
Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli, I. S. Gardner Museum
It was identified incorrectly as Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1070).
Images
Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli, I. S. Gardner Museum
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 42) as 'Violet and Blue'.
The Magazine of Art noted 'The girl red on purple and holding a blue fan makes a low but singing note', and the critic of the Saturday Review commented on 22 May 1886, 'a girl lying on purple stuffs and holding a blue fan, is one of the most decoratively effective of these; but one cannot help regretting the false proportion of the legs.'
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (ref., cat. no. 1070, Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli).
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 42) as 'Violet and Blue'.
Journals 1906-Present
- Anon., 'Chronicle of Art: Art in May', The Magazine of Art, vol. 9 (supplement), 1886, pp. xxx-xxxi, at p. xxxi.
- Saturday Review, 22 May 1886.
Notes:
1: Magazine of Art May 1886 [more], at p. xxxi; Saturday Review, 22 May 1886.