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

 

Six paintings

Composition


                    Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library

                    Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter, Detroit Institute of Arts
Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter, Detroit Institute of Arts

                    Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library

                    Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel, Freer Gallery of Art
Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel, Freer Gallery of Art

The two portraits depicted are Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter [YMSM 122] and possibly Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel [YMSM 321].


                    Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library

                    Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz, Hill-Stead Museum
Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz, Hill-Stead Museum

                    The Coast of Brittany, Wadsworth Athenaeum
The Coast of Brittany, Wadsworth Athenaeum

The beach scene or seascape, might be Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz [YMSM 041] or The Coast of Brittany [YMSM 037], though neither seem exactly similar.


                    Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library

                    Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art

Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony [YMSM 056] is very recognisable.


                    Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library

                    Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf, National Gallery of Art, DC
Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf, National Gallery of Art, DC

A scene with ships may be Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf [YMSM 054], although the proportions seem incorrect.


                    Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library

                    Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Finally, the drawings show Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks [YMSM 047].

Conservation History

The paper has a torn edge at the left side, and was folded three times both ways.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret