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

 

M.0641
Teapot in the form of a pomegranate

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.152
Medium: pen, black ink and wash
Support: cream Japan paper laid down on card
Size: 7 5/8 x 5 9/16" (194 x 142 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Teapot in the form of a pomegranate

Teapot in the form of a pomegranate dates from 1876/1878.

Teapot in the form of a pomegranate, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Teapot in the form of a pomegranate, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

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

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 641).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret