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

 

Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony

                Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art

                Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, photograph, 1893, GUL Whistler PH5/6/3
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, photograph, 1893, GUL Whistler PH5/6/3
'Arrangement in Flesh-Color and Green', Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 18, 1889, repr. p. 491
'Arrangement in Flesh-Color and Green', Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 18, 1889, repr. p. 491
'Arrangement in Flesh-Color and Green', Мир искусства [Mir Iskusstva, 'World of Art'], vol. 9, 1903, repr. p. 67
'Arrangement in Flesh-Color and Green', Мир искусства [Mir Iskusstva, 'World of Art'], vol. 9, 1903, repr. p. 67

                Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art, framed
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art, framed

                Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, detail of frame
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, detail of frame

                Sketch for 'The Balcony', The Hunterian
Sketch for 'The Balcony', The Hunterian

                Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library

                Study for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', The Hunterian
Study for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', The Hunterian
Torii Kiyonaga, A Party viewing the Moon on the Sumida River, right panel of triptych, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Torii Kiyonaga, A Party viewing the Moon on the Sumida River, right panel of triptych, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
r.: A group of figures, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
r.: A group of figures, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

                Six paintings, detail, GUL MS Whistler W784
Six paintings, detail, GUL MS Whistler W784

                Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library

Whistler commented in 1900 on a suggestion that his painting should be reproduced in a forthcoming book: 'The small painting of mine, sometimes called "The Balcony", would, I fancy, come rather irrelevantly into your proposed collection of Architecture, sculpture and Old Masters - and certainly its relation to "Education" would be difficult to establish! - while its effect upon the Youth of America I propose in no way to be responsable [sic] for!' 1

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