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

 

M.0319
Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1864
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: Avery Collection
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: white laid paper
Size: 8 7/16 x 7 3/8" (215 x 188 mm)
Signature: butterfly, possibly not by Whistler
Inscription: 'Sketch for Variations in Flesh Color & Green "The Balcony" '

Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'

Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library

Sketch for 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony' probably dates from 1864. The inscription and signature, however, date from between 1878 and 1881.

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 319).

Last updated: 17th February 2021 by Margaret