The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.1706
Panel of five paintings

Panel of five paintings

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1902
Collection: Special Collections, Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler NB2, pp. 120–1
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white paper
Size: 113 x 177 mm (4 7/16 x 6 15/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Arrangement for Paris / Salon 1902' by R. Birnie Philip

Date

Panel of five paintings dates from April 1902.

Panel of five paintings, Glasgow University Library
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
Panel of five paintings, Glasgow University Library

Subject

Description

Panel of five paintings, Glasgow University Library
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
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

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler’s lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Journals 1855-1905


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