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

 

M.1219
Blue and Violet: La Jacinthe

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46138
Medium: pastel
Support: brown paper laid down on card
Size: 11 x 7 3/16" (279 x 183 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'o', and v.: 'Blue & Violet/ Green Gold Frame', in Beatrice Whistler's hand

Blue and Violet: La Jacinthe

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1935: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

  • 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. l4l) as 'Bleu et violet. La jacinthe'.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret