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

 

M.0596
Oviform Vase

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum
Accession Number: 25-32e
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 9/16 x 6 1/4" (218 x 158 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Oviform Vase

Oviform Vase dates from 1876/1878. It is an illustration for a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894). 1

The small butterfly was added in 1893.

Oviform Vase, Glasgow Museums
Oviform Vase, Glasgow Museums

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 595).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 16th March 2021 by Margaret