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

 

M.0755
Winter Evening

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1917.5a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 13/16 x 7 15/16" (300 x 201 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'N.11- 11 x 7'; backing originally inscribed 'Winter Evening' and signed with butterfly

Winter Evening

Winter Evening dates from Whistler's time in Venice, late 1879-1880.

Winter Evening, Freer Gallery of Art
Winter Evening, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 755).

Last updated: 9th February 2021 by Margaret