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

 

M.0845
Sketch of 'Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and ink
Support: probably paper
Size: 3 7/8 x 2 1/4" (98 x 57 mm)
Signature: r.: butterfly and 'J McN Whistler'
Inscription: none

Sketch of 'Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander'

Sketch of 'Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander' dates from May or June 1881. It was probably copied from Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander [YMSM 129], which was then exhibited in the Grosvenor Gallery. It was published in Society, 11 June 1881.

Sketch of 'Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander', Society, 11 June 1881
Sketch of 'Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander', Society, 11 June 1881

This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 845).

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret