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

 

M.1095
Sketch of 'Harmony in Blue and Gold'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886
Collection: Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
Accession Number: 1752
Medium: pencil, pen and brown ink
Support: white laid paper, laid down
Size: 6 3/16 x 3 11/16-3 3/4" (157 x 93-95 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Sketch of 'Harmony in Blue and Gold'

Composition

Sketch of 'Harmony in Blue and Gold', Clark Art Institute
Sketch of 'Harmony in Blue and Gold', Clark Art Institute
A nude girl with a parasol, The Hunterian
A nude girl with a parasol, The Hunterian

This is a copy of the oil, Harmony in Blue and Gold [YMSM 197], which was then on exhibition at the Society of British Artists. It was drawn for publication in the Pall Mall Gazette. 1 A nude girl with a parasol [M.1094] is a study of a similar composition.

Notes:

1: Pall Mall Gazette Extra, 3 May 1886 [more] .

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret