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

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r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: E. G. Kennedy letterbooks, I, p. 17
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: thin off-white wove paper squared in blue, with printed heading of 'Restaurant & Hotel/ Foyot/ Rue de Tournon, 33/ Paris, le .... 189 .…'
Size: 7 13/16 x 5 1/8" (191 x 131 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Drawing by Whistler made in June 1892/ to show E. G. Kennedy the composition of/ paintings of his belonging to Cavalfy [sic], and/ which W. wishes E. G. K. to buy./ E G Kennedy'
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r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1339) as 'r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting'.

Websites

  • The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2004, GUW #09680.

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