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

 

M.0836
r.: Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of the First Venice Set; v.: 'The Dyer' and Shutters

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown
Accession Number: 1947.D1.303
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 4 7/16 x 6 7/8" (111 x 175 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Drawing by Whistler / HM' written by Howard Mansfield; collectors' marks of D. Kennedy and Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342, Lugt 1782)

r.: Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of the First Venice Set; v.: 'The Dyer' and Shutters

r.: Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of the First Venice Set; v.: 'The Dyer' and Shutters date from shortly before December 1880. According to Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), it was done during the time Whistler was printing his Venice etchings for The Fine Art Society in rooms in Air Street. 1

r.: Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of the First Venice Set, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
r.: Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of the First Venice Set, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
v.: 'The Dyer' and Shutters, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
v.: 'The Dyer' and Shutters, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 836).

Notes:

1: Way 1912 [more] , p. 43.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret