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

 

M.1209
Grey and Pink

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk, pastel and watercolour
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 3/4 x 7" (273 x 178 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Grey and Pink' and '59y' in unknown hands

Grey and Pink

Sitter

Identified by Miss Birnie Philip as 'Eva', possibly meaning Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979), but she did not pose until some years later.

Last updated: 9th June 2021 by Margaret