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

 

M.0629
Saucer-shaped Dish

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.160
Medium: pen, black ink and wash
Support: beige wove paper laid down on card
Size: 6 1/16 x 5 5/8" (164 x 143 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Saucer-shaped Dish

Composition

Saucer-shaped Dish, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Saucer-shaped Dish, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Square Canister with square neck, and saucer-shaped Dish, Freer Gallery of Art
Square Canister with square neck, and saucer-shaped Dish, Freer Gallery of Art

This is a preliminary design for Square Canister with square neck, and saucer-shaped Dish [M.0631]. In the final design, Whistler placed the dish more upright, to solve his apparent problem with its perspective.

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret