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

 

M.0397
The Purple Iris

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1872
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.87a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/4 x 4 15/16" (285 x 125 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

The Purple Iris

Composition

The Purple Iris, Freer Gallery of Art
The Purple Iris, Freer Gallery of Art
Study for the 'Purple Iris', National Museum of Wales
Study for the 'Purple Iris', National Museum of Wales

The pose of the model is similar to that in Study for the 'Purple Iris' [M.0398].

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret