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

 

M.0307
Sketch of 'Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1862
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: E. R. & J. Pennell Collection
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 8 7/16" x 10 5/8" (215 x 270 mm)
Signature: letter signed 'Jim Whistler'
Inscription: 'Matelot / espagnol / en rouge chaloupe / en danger / dans les brisants rochers pecheur / femmes / Ciel - soir mer foncée / presque noir des brisants qui / se suivent de-puis le fond / jusqu'au premier plan', in letter

Sketch of 'Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz'

Site

Guéthary, near Biarritz, France.

Sitter

Sketch of 'Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz', Library of Congress
Sketch of 'Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz', Library of Congress

The women on the shore were supposed to include Joanna Hiffernan (b. ca 1843-d.1886) , but in the final composition, the figures were omitted.

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret