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

 

Yellow and Grey

Technique

It is possible this was a watercolour although in the 1884 catalogue it is described as an oil.

The Builder compared it with two watercolours in the exhibition and added:

'These figures are very slightly sketched, ... but... there is good drawing underlying their shadowy similitude; ... "Yellow and Grey" ... is charming in attitude and in the masterly indication of the figure.' 1

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Notes:

1: Builder, 24 May 1884.

Last updated: 7th February 2021 by Margaret