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

 

M.0617
Vase with slightly bulging body

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1893.18
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 9/16 x 6 3/8" (218 x 162 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Vase with slightly bulging body

Composition

Vase with slightly bulging body, Freer Gallery of Art
Vase with slightly bulging body, Freer Gallery of Art
Vase with slightly bulging body, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Vase with slightly bulging body, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

This is an illustration for Plate XII, Thompson 1878 [more] . There is one preliminary study, Vase with slightly bulging body [M.0616].

Last updated: 15th March 2021 by Margaret