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

 

M.0993
Sketch of 'Harmony in Crimson and Brown'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 017.2010
Medium: pen, ink and wash
Support: paper
Size: 6 11/16 x 3 ¾" (170 x 95 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Sketch of 'Harmony in Crimson and Brown'

Provenance

  • 1884: given to Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929) , London art dealer, and owned by him until at least 1914.
  • 2010: bought by Paula Crane Lunder (b. 1935) and Peter H. Lunder (b. 1933) ;
  • 2010: given to Colby College Museum of Art, The Lunder Collection.

There is a long gap in the provenance.

Exhibitions

There are no records of exhibitions in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 1st April 2020 by Margaret