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

 

M.0374
r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown; v.: Draped figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 5 1/8 x 10" (130 x 254 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Harmony in Gold & Brown/ Pastel by Whistler/ Selected from several Pastels at the White House./ Whistler gave me my choice from a lot he had in his Studio & I brought this away with me./ P. R. W.' by Pickford Waller

r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown; v.: Draped figure

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 374) as 'r.: Harmony in Gold and Brown; v.: Draped figure.

Catalogues 1855-1905

  • Possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 23) as 'Design for Picture, "Variations in Yellow and Brown".'
  • Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 175) as 'Harmony in Gold and Brown'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

  • Christie's, London, 8 November 1868 (lot 162).
  • Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41D) as 'Harmony in Gold and Brown'.

Last updated: 31st May 2021 by Margaret