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

 

M.1008
Rosy silver - The Pink Porch

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 2013.303
Medium: watercolour and gouache
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 8 1/2 x 5 1/8" (216 mm x 130 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Rosy silver - The Pink Porch

Rosy silver – The Pink Porch was exhibited in 1886, although the butterfly could date from later, betwen 1888 and 1889.

Rosy silver – The Pink Porch, Colby College Museum of Art
Rosy silver – The Pink Porch, Colby College Museum of Art

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1008) but had not then been located. The catalogue entry has been updated and illustrated.

Last updated: 24th February 2021 by Margaret