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

 

M.0469
Study for 'Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1874
Collection: Manchester Art Gallery
Accession Number: 1925.138
Medium: chalk, pastel and gouache
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 212 x 117 mm (8 3/8 x 4 5/82")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study for 'Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour'

Composition

Study for 'Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour', Manchester Art Gallery
Study for 'Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour', Manchester Art Gallery
Study for 'Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour', Fogg Art Museum
Study for 'Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour', Fogg Art Museum

This is a study for Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour [YMSM 131].

Technique

It is unusual in having fine lines incised around the drawing, as if for tracing or transfer.

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret