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

 

M.0850
Study for 'Arrangement in Black: Lady Meux'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881/1882
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1933.296
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream wove paper, laid down on ivory card
Size: 5 3/16 x 3 3/4" (131 x 95 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Study for 'Arrangement in Black: Lady Meux'

Provenance

  • 1891: signed by Whistler for Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) , New York dealer.
  • 1929: bought on 2 March from Albert Louis Roullier (1858-1920) , Chicago art dealer, by Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954) , April 1929;
  • 1933: presented by Brewster to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 11th December 2020 by Margaret