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

 

YMSM 236
Harmony in Black and Red

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880/1882
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: ca 191 x 91 cm (75 x 36").
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Harmony in Black and Red

Technique

'Harmony in Black and Red', photograph, 1880s, GUL Whistler PH4/27
'Harmony in Black and Red', photograph, 1880s, GUL Whistler PH4/27

Unknown. It appears to have been thinly painted, with the figure barely emerging from shadows, with a much lighter collar and face.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 10th November 2020 by Margaret