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

 

YMSM 495
Rose and Brown: La Cigale

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898/1899
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.110a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 217 x 126 mm (8 1/2 x 5")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, ca 1900 [12.1 cm]

Rose and Brown: La Cigale

Technique

Rose and Brown: La Cigale, Freer Gallery of Art
Rose and Brown: La Cigale, Freer Gallery of Art

It is on a reddish wood champered panel; the figure appears to have been drawn carefully before being painted very thinly, the grey underpaint being visible in places. There appear to be pentimenti around the head and torso.

Conservation History

It was repaired, cleaned and resurfaced in 1930, cleaned and surfaced in 1935, resurfaced in 1938 and 1952-53, according to Freer Gallery of Art curatorial files.

Frame

A Grau-style frame, dating from ca 1900. 1

Notes:

1: Dr S. L. Parkerson Day, Report on frames, 2017. See also Parkerson 2007 [more] .

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret