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

 

M.0848
r. and v.: Trellis

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46085
Medium: pen, black ink and watercolour
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 5 x 2 7/8" (178 x 254 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'The trellis work must in this arrangement / be pale primrose color- anything at all / of an orange tendency would make the whole hot - The doors and roofing will give the orange - '

r. and v.: Trellis

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret