Description

Whistler sent a large group of works – thirteen oils, twenty watercolours, seven pastels and thirty etchings – to the III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888. Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother [YMSM 101] was awarded a second-class gold medal.

Fireplace and flowers, pattern and paintings, Glasgow University Library

Whistler's sketch shows Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander [YMSM 129], Nocturne: Cremorne Gardens, No. 3 [YMSM 165] and Note in Red: The Siesta [YMSM 254] all of which were exhibited in Munich (cat. nos. 2454, 56, 58). The titles of the pictures, in German, were noted, presumably for inclusion in the catalogue.

There are also unrelated studies of a figure, flowers, and diaper-patterned drapery hung over a fireplace