Composition
Plan of a panel of pictures for the ISSPG, Tate Archive, London
The drawing shows a tentative arrangement of Whistler’s exhibits at the second show of the ISSPG in May 1899. 1 The paintings are Blue and Silver: Trouville [YMSM 066] (at the top), Rose and Gold: The Little Lady Sophie of Soho [YMSM 504], Purple and Gold: Phryne the Superb! - Builder of Temples [YMSM 490] (which was not sent to the exhibition because it remained unfinished), Nocturne: Black and Gold - Rag Shop, Chelsea [YMSM 204], Rose and Brown: La Cigale [YMSM 495], and Violet and Rose: Carmen qui rit [YMSM 506]. 2
Conservation History
The letter was started on the bottom half of one side, and completed the other way up, on the verso. There is a rusty paper clip stain on one side.
Notes:
1: 2nd Exhibition, Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Sculptures, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London, 1899.
2: MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1582) identifies ‘Cowan’s shop Nocture’ as Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Chelsea Snow [YMSM 174], which was not included in the ISSPG exhibition. In fact Cowan lent Nocturne: Black and Gold - Rag Shop, Chelsea [YMSM 204], which is the correct ‘shop Nocturne’.
Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret
