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

 

M.1427
Paintings for exhibition in Antwerp

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and ink
Support: white paper, f.s., inserted in an album
Size: 8 x 5 1/2" (203 x 138 mm)
Signature: 'J McN Whistler' on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to William Stewart

Paintings for exhibition in Antwerp

Description

Paintings for exhibition in Antwerp, Private Collection
Paintings for exhibition in Antwerp, Private Collection

The relevant part of the letter reads:

'[p. 1] You might hang the panel like this //

[p. 2, five paintings numbered 1 to 5]

1. Nocturne Black & Gold - The Firewheel - (Hamburg.)

2. Valparaiso.

3. Rosa Corder.

4. The Little White Girl.

5. Nocturne Blue & Silver, Battersea Reach. (Hamburg)

Write us a line - Very sincerely JMcN Whistler'

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret