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

 

M.1221a
Blue and Violet (No. 2)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1889
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 2013.324
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 8 x 4 ½ " (203 x 114 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Blue and Violet (No. 2)

Blue and Violet (No. 2) probably dates from 1888/1889.

Blue and Violet (No. 2), Colby College Museum of Art
Blue and Violet (No. 2), Colby College Museum of Art

It is dated by the technique and very close connection to another pastel, Blue and Violet [M.1221].

Last updated: 13th April 2021 by Margaret