The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1706
Panel of five paintings
Date
Panel of five paintings dates from April 1902.
Panel of five paintings, Glasgow University Library
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1706).
Images
Panel of five paintings, Glasgow University Library
Subject
Description
Panel of five paintings, Glasgow University Library
The drawing shows the arrangement of Violet and Silver: The Great Sea y298, Ivoire et or: Portrait de Madame Vanderbilt y515, Purple and Gold: Phryne the Superb! - Builder of Temples y490, Grenat et or: Le Petit Cardinal y469, and Gold and Orange: The Neighbours y423 at the Salon, Douzième Exposition, Ouvrages de Peintures, Sculpture, Dessin, Gravure, Architecture et Objets d'Art, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Grand Palais, Paris, 1902.
Technique
Technique
Panel of five paintings, Glasgow University Library
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1706).
Conservation History
The paper has been folded, and has darkened to grey; it is grubby.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
- 1955: given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler’s lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1706) as 'Panel of five paintings'.
Journals 1855-1905
- Mourey, Gabriel, ‘Some Paintings and Sculpture at the Paris Salons’, The Studio, vol. 26, August 1902, pp. 191-202, p. 196.