The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1278
Blue and Violet - Iris
Date
Blue and Violet – Iris dates from 1890/1894.
Blue and Violet – Iris, Private Collection
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1278).
Images
Blue and Violet – Iris, Private Collection
Blue and Violet – Iris, Private Collection
Subject
Sitter
Blue and Violet – Iris, Private Collection
Probably Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958).
Technique
Technique
Blue and Violet – Iris, Private Collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1278).
History
Provenance
- 1903: sold by Whistler to Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914) on 8 May 1903:
- 1914: bought by Knoedler's, New York art dealers, 12 March 1914, and sold to 'George F. Baker', who was probably George Fisher Baker (1840-1931), New York;
- 1931: bequeathed to his son George Fisher Baker jr (1878–1937);
- 1937: bequeathed to his wife, Edith Brevoort Kane Baker (1884-1977), Locust Vallery, New York;
- 1977: sold at auction, Parke-Bernet, New York, 28 October 1977 (lot 259, repr.) and bought by Hirschl and Adler, New York art dealers;
- After 1977: sold through Agnew's, London art dealers, to a private collector.
Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1278). This history has been corrected.
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 125) as 'Blue and Violet "Iris" '.
- 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 145) as 'Bleu et violet. Iris'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1278) as 'Blue and Violet – Iris'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 125) as 'Blue and Violet "Iris" '.
- Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 145) as 'Bleu et violet. Iris'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALE:
- Parke-Bernet, New York, 28 October 1977 (lot 259, repr.).