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

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M.1219
Blue and Violet: La Jacinthe

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46138
Medium: pastel
Support: brown paper laid down on card
Size: 11 x 7 3/16" (279 x 183 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'o', and v.: 'Blue & Violet/ Green Gold Frame', in Beatrice Whistler's hand
print

Blue and Violet: La Jacinthe

Technique

Blue and Violet: La Jacinthe, The Hunterian
Blue and Violet: La Jacinthe, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1219).

Frame

The 'o' inscribed, possibly by Beatrice Whistler, on the recto, indicated approval. It is very likely that this work was framed and exhibited.

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret