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

 

M.0790
Courtyard on Canal; grey and red

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: St Louis Art Museum, MO
Accession Number: 545:1957
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 7/8 x 7 15/16" (301 x 202 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Courtyard on Canal; grey and red

Composition

Door, whereabouts unknown
Door, whereabouts unknown
Courtyard on Canal; grey and red, St Louis Art Museum
Courtyard on Canal; grey and red, St Louis Art Museum

There is another drawing of the same view, Door [M.0789], which may be a study for the pastel.

Last updated: 10th February 2021 by Margaret