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

 

M.0787
Note in pink and brown

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 17.97.5
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 3/4 x 7 1/4" (298 x 184 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Note in pink and brown

Provenance

  • 1917: bought from Colnaghi's, London art dealers, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The earlier provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

  • 1881: Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 26) as 'Note in pink and brown'.

Last updated: 10th February 2021 by Margaret