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M.1405
Sketch of 'Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Pennell Collection, PWC 18/1523-5
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, f.s.
Size: 8 7/8 x 5 3/8" (225 x 137 mm)
Signature: 'J McN Whistler' on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to D. C. Thomson

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Provenance

1894: sent by Whistler to David Croal Thomson (1855-1930) , London art dealer, then at the Art Journal;
1894/1917: bought by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) and Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) ;
1917/1921: given to the Library of Congress.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1405).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret

M.1405Sketch of 'Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac'

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M.1405
Sketch of 'Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac'