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

 

M.0616
Vase with slightly bulging body

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.167
Medium: pen, black ink and wash
Support: cream Japan paper, laid down on card
Size: 7 9/16 x 5 5/16" (193 x 135 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Vase with slightly bulging body

Vase with slightly bulging body dates from 1876/1878. It is a preliminary study for an illustration in a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894). 1

Vase with slightly bulging body, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Vase with slightly bulging body, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 616).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret