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

 

Note in Red and Violet: Nets

Technique


                    Note in Red and Violet: Nets, private collection
Note in Red and Violet: Nets, private collection

It is freely painted in thin paint of a creamy consistency, with bold brushwork, though on a small scale. There are signs of alterations to the figures and boats.

Conservation History


                    Note in Red and Violet: Nets, photograph, 1980
Note in Red and Violet: Nets, photograph, 1980

Unknown.

Frame


                    Note in Red and Violet: Nets, frame, photograph 1973
Note in Red and Violet: Nets, frame, photograph 1973

Grau-style frame.

Last updated: 9th March 2020 by Margaret