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

 

M.1070
Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1886
Collection: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Accession Number: P25e2
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 4 15/16 x 10 7/16" (125 x 265 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli

Sitter

Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli, I. S. Gardner Museum
Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli, I. S. Gardner Museum
Modèle drapé, Burrell Collection, Glasgow
Modèle drapé, Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Not identified. A similar robe, possibly on the same model, appears in Modèle drapé [M.1071]. The same fan appears in The Violet Note [M.1081], and the sofa in Rose et Opale [M.1231].

Last updated: 27th February 2021 by Margaret