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

 

M.0852
Harmony in Flesh Colour and Pink

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881/1882
Collection: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown
Accession Number: 1937.D1.94
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 6 7/8 x 4 3/8" (176 x 111 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: 'Harmony in Flesh Color & Pink -'

Harmony in Flesh Colour and Pink

Provenance

  • 1891: signed for Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) , New York dealer.
  • By 1907: owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) .
  • 1918-1919: possibly with Arden Gallery, New York.
  • 1937: given by George W. Davison, Class of 1892, to Wesleyan University.

Exhibitions

No record of exhibitions in Whistler's lifetime has been found.

Last updated: 29th April 2021 by Margaret