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

 

A Japanese girl

Provenance

Exhibitions

  • 1891: [Exhibition], Messrs Graves, London, 1891 (no catalogue located).

It was described in the Pall Mall Gazette, 22 April 1891, as one of `two excellent pastels ... one of these, "Whisperings in Blue," is of a Japanese girl'. 1 It could have been The Japanese Parasol [M.1228], which has not been located.

Notes:

1: 'Art Notes', Pall Mall Gazette, London, 22 April 1891. Press-cutting in Glasgow University Library, Whistler PC10, p. 41.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret