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

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M.1308
The Pink Cap

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1894
Collection: Denver Art Museum, CO
Accession Number: 1974.429
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream japan paper
Size: 10 3/8 x 7" (264 x 177 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'The Pink Cap' on label, signed with butterfly
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The Pink Cap

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The Pink Cap, Denver Art Museum
The Pink Cap, Denver Art Museum

A model nicknamed 'Tootsie'. In 1901 Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), listed a 'Nude figure. Draped full length. Upright (Tootsie)' in Whistler's studio at 8 Fitzroy Street. Furthermore, when the painting was sold by the artist to Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914) in 1903, the title was recorded as 'The Pink Cap' and 'Ty - Sea pink cap'. 1

Notes:

1: 16 February 1901, GUL MS Whistler NB3 Ledger c, pp. 11-12, and 8 May 1903, MS Whistler NB1, p. 108.

Last updated: 25th February 2021 by Margaret