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

 

M.1395
A Violet Note

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892/1896
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1894.26a-c
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on board
Size: 10 13/16 x 6 15/16" (275 x 176-180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

A Violet Note

A Violet Note dates from between 1892 and 1896.

The pose is very close to that of a lithograph, A Nude Model Arranging Flowers c057, possibly dating from 1892. However, it was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1894 and not received until 1896. 1

A Violet Note, Freer Gallery of Art
A Violet Note, Freer Gallery of Art

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1395), dated '1893/5'; this entry has been revised.

Notes:

1: Freer to Whistler, 23 November [1894] and [24 December 1896], GUW #01509, #01534.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret