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

 

YMSM 269
Note in Red and Violet: Nets

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 122 x 215 mm (4 3/4 x 8 1/2")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style frame

Note in Red and Violet: Nets

Technique

Note in Red and Violet: Nets, private collection
Note in Red and Violet: Nets, private collection

It is freely painted in thin paint of a creamy consistency, with bold brushwork, though on a small scale. There are signs of alterations to the figures and boats.

Conservation History

Note in Red and Violet: Nets, photograph, 1980
Note in Red and Violet: Nets, photograph, 1980

Unknown.

Frame

Note in Red and Violet: Nets, frame, photograph 1973
Note in Red and Violet: Nets, frame, photograph 1973

Grau-style frame.

Last updated: 9th March 2020 by Margaret