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

 

M.1339
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: E. G. Kennedy letterbooks, I, p. 17
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: thin off-white wove paper squared in blue, with printed heading of 'Restaurant & Hotel/ Foyot/ Rue de Tournon, 33/ Paris, le .... 189 .…'
Size: 7 13/16 x 5 1/8" (191 x 131 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Drawing by Whistler made in June 1892/ to show E. G. Kennedy the composition of/ paintings of his belonging to Cavalfy [sic], and/ which W. wishes E. G. K. to buy./ E G Kennedy'

r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting

r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting were drawn by Whistler for Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) in June 1892, according to the inscription, and are dated from references in a letter to Kennedy dated 10-11 June 1892. 1

r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library

They are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1339).

Notes:

1: GUW #09680.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret