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

 

M.0810
Sunset; red and gold - Salute

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46084
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 15/16 x 11 13/16" (202 x 300 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'N 4.11 x 6' and 'N.4'

Sunset; red and gold - Salute

Technique

Sunset; red and gold – Salute, The Hunterian
Sunset; red and gold – Salute, The Hunterian

According to Edwyn ('Ted') 0swald Inglis (b. 1884) he was present when this was bought by his mother, Agnes Denny Inglis (1843-1925), but the artist 'had not been altogether pleased with it' and kept it 'for many months' while retouching it, eventually signed and returned it. 1

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 810)

Notes:

1: Inglis to A. McLaren Young, 22 June 1953, Hunterian records.

Last updated: 11th February 2021 by Margaret