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

 

M.0324
In the Studio

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1865
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession Number: 51.223
Medium: watercolour, gouache and chalk
Support: tan wove paper laid down on board
Size: 11 5/16 x 7 1/4" (288 x 185 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v: 'J. M. Whistler' in an unknown hand; on verso of card, 'S9593 | 327 Whistler / Green gold' in an unknown hand

In the Studio

In the Studio may date from August 1865 when Whistler, as he told Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), was planning a group portrait. 1

In the Studio, Detroit Institute Of Arts
In the Studio, Detroit Institute Of Arts

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 324).

Notes:

1: Whistler to Fantin-Latour, 16 August [1865], GUW#11477.

Last updated: 25th February 2021 by Margaret