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

 

M.1339
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'

r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
The Last of Old Westminster, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Last of Old Westminster, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Battersea Reach, National Gallery of Art, DC, Corcoran collection
Battersea Reach, National Gallery of Art, DC, Corcoran collection

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret