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

 

M.0611
Tall Vase, with Bulging Body

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum
Accession Number: 25-32b
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 5/16 x 6 3/8" (212 x 162 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Tall Vase, with Bulging Body

Description

Tall Vase, with Bulging Body, Glasgow Museums
Tall Vase, with Bulging Body, Glasgow Museums

The Thompson catalogue described this as: 'Tall Vase, with bulging body. Thirty-two shield-shaped medallions with cross-hatched plants and leaves; round the neck and foot an ornamental band; the covers similarly ornamented.' 1

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , p. 6 (cat. no. 24) repr. pl. 7.

Last updated: 16th March 2021 by Margaret