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

 

M.0636
Bottle of compressed globular form

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum
Accession Number: 25-32g
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 7 x 5" (177 x 127 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Bottle of compressed globular form

Composition

Bottle of compressed globular form, Glasgow Museums
Bottle of compressed globular form, Glasgow Museums
Hsiian-Aè, Bottle, Chinese: Fitzwilliam c.28-1920
Hsiian-Aè, Bottle, Chinese: Fitzwilliam c.28-1920

The original bottle was given by Henry Thompson (1820-1894) to the Fitzwilliam Musem in 1920. It bears the mark of Hsiian-Aè.

This drawing was reproduced as Plate XIX in Thompson 1878 [more] .

Bottle of compressed globular form, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Bottle of compressed globular form, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

There is one preliminary study, Bottle of compressed globular form [M.0635].

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret