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

 

M.1213
The Rose Drapery

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1895
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46135
Medium: chalk and watercolour
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 7/8 x 7 1/4" (277 x 184 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

The Rose Drapery

Composition

The Rose Drapery, The Hunterian
The Rose Drapery, The Hunterian
A dancing woman in a pink robe, The Hunterian
A dancing woman in a pink robe, The Hunterian

The Rose Drapery [M.1213] is one of two similar studies of women in pink and white gauzy robes against a pinkish red curtain: see A dancing woman in a pink robe [M.1212].

Technique

The Rose Drapery, The Hunterian
The Rose Drapery, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1213).

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret