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

 

M.0617
Vase with slightly bulging body

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1893.18
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 9/16 x 6 3/8" (218 x 162 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Vase with slightly bulging body

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

The second butterfly was added in 1893.

Vase with slightly bulging body, Freer Gallery of Art
Vase with slightly bulging body, Freer Gallery of Art

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 617).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 15th March 2021 by Margaret