Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0386
Four figures on a terrace

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46036
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: off-white laid paper, partial watermark, '...KER & Co./ ...DON'
Size: 4 x 5 15/16" (101 x 151 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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Four figures on a terrace

Composition

Four figures on a terrace, The Hunterian
Four figures on a terrace, The Hunterian
Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art
Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art
Symphony in Blue and Pink, Freer Gallery of Art
Symphony in Blue and Pink, Freer Gallery of Art

Similar poses appear in both Variations in Blue and Green [YMSM 084] and Symphony in Blue and Pink [YMSM 086], but the overall arrangement of figures is different.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 386).

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret