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

 

M.1117
Chelsea fruit shop

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886/1887
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 1943.622
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 6 5/16 x 9 13/16" (160 x 249 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Chelsea fruit shop

Chelsea fruit shop dates from 1886/1887. It is dated mainly from the butterfly signature: the technique indicates a date in the 1880s.

Chelsea fruit shop, Fogg Art Museum
Chelsea fruit shop, Fogg Art Museum

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1117).

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret