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

 

A Pink Note

Description

Given the title A Pink Note this was almost certainly a study of a nude or partially draped woman.

New York Evening Post, 6 March 1889, wrote, describing a drawing, possibly this one: 'Imagine a piece of coarse brown paper with a badly drawn outline traced upon it, a very little white chalk scratched over the background, and you have one of Mr. Whistler's "Pink Notes".'

Last updated: 2nd April 2021 by Margaret