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

 

M.0621
Cylindrical Vase with thick neck

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.170
Medium: watercolour and white paint
Support: blue wove paper, laid down on card
Size: 6 11/16 x 4 3/4" (170 x 120 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Cylindrical Vase with thick neck

Cylindrical Vase with thick neck dates from 1876/1878.

It is a preliminary study for an illustration in a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894), published in 1878. 1

Cylindrical Vase with thick neck, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Cylindrical Vase with thick neck, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 621).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret