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'

Description

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

Four draped female figures on a balcony looking across a river: from left to right, one is lying down, the next standing, looking over the river, then two are sitting, the first facing forward and the last leaning to left.

Site

The balcony of Whistler's house at Lindsey Row, looking over the Thames to Battersea.

Last updated: 17th February 2021 by Margaret