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

 

M.0999
Sketch of 'Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper with embossed head of Michelangelo and heading of 'INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS', with address, crossed out, and watermark of a shield, helmet and Prince of Wales Feathers
Size: 7 15/16 x 4 15/16" (202 x 126 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'same size. with very great care'; v.: '5 ¼ x 2 3/4 / 10 x7" / Pale cream / 3/4 gold flat / strand/ "Sarasate./ by J. McN. Whistler', in unknown hands

Sketch of 'Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate'

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Sketch of 'Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate', Private Collection
Sketch of 'Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate', Private Collection

Pablo de Sarasate y Navascues (1844-1908) did not actually pose for the drawing, which showed the oil, Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate [YMSM 315].

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret