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

 

M.0319
Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1864
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: Avery Collection
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: white laid paper
Size: 8 7/16 x 7 3/8" (215 x 188 mm)
Signature: butterfly, possibly not by Whistler
Inscription: 'Sketch for Variations in Flesh Color & Green "The Balcony" '

Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'

Composition

Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art

This is the earlier of two drawings for Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony [YMSM 056] and Sketch for 'The Balcony' [YMSM 057].

Last updated: 17th February 2021 by Margaret