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

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M.1392
Blue and Gold - The Rose Azalea

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894/1895
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1894.25a-c
Medium: chalk and watercolour
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 7/8 x 7 1/16" (276 x 180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Blue and Gold - The Rose Azalea', signed with butterfly
print

Blue and Gold - The Rose Azalea

Blue and Gold – The Rose Azalea dates from 1894/1895. It was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1894 and received in 1896. 1

Blue and Gold – The Rose Azalea, Freer Gallery of Art
Blue and Gold – The Rose Azalea, Freer Gallery of Art

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1392) dated 1893/1895.

Notes:

1: Freer to Whistler, 23 November [1894] and [24 December 1896], GUW #01509, #01534.

Last updated: 6th December 2020 by Margaret