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

 

M.0600
Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.153
Medium: pen, black ink, and wash
Support: cream Japan paper laid down on card
Size: 6 1/2 x 4 13/16" (166 x 122 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover

Description

Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

A sketch of a ginger-jar and cover decorated with sprays of hawthorn blossom.

The Thompson catalogue described this subject as 'Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-shaped Cover; closely drawn hawthorn stem and blossom on a ground of transparent wavy blue (brilliant colour); round the edge a band of ornament. Height, 10 inches.' 1

It is a careful sketch, very close to the final illustration, Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover [M.0601].

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , p. 58 (cat. no. 292) repr. pl. 3.

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret