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

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M.0993
Sketch of 'Harmony in Crimson and Brown'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 017.2010
Medium: pen, ink and wash
Support: paper
Size: 6 11/16 x 3 ¾" (170 x 95 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Sketch of 'Harmony in Crimson and Brown'

Sketch of 'Harmony in Crimson and Brown' was drawn on 9 December 1884, according to Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929). 1

Sketch of 'Harmony in Crimson and Brown', Colby College Museum of Art
Sketch of 'Harmony in Crimson and Brown', Colby College Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 993). The record has been updated.

Notes:

1: Dowdeswell, Walter, 'The Missing Whistler of Lady Meux: The Artist's "Memorandum"', Illustrated London News, London, vol. 138, 21 January 1911, repr. p. 89.

Last updated: 1st April 2020 by Margaret