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

 

M.1359
Copy of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46175
Medium: watercolour
Support: off-white paper laid down on card
Size: 3 3/4 x 6 1/8" (95 x 155 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: ' "Nocturne in Black & Gold/The Fire Wheel"/ from the original/ April 20. 1893', signed with butterfly

Copy of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel'

Composition

Copy of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold – The Fire Wheel', The Hunterian
Copy of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold – The Fire Wheel', The Hunterian
Nocturne: Black and Gold – The Fire Wheel', Tate Britain
Nocturne: Black and Gold – The Fire Wheel', Tate Britain

This is a copy by Whistler of Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel [YMSM 169]. It shows the original state of the painting clearly, the actual oil painting having darkened.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1359).

Conservation History

The paper has a very slight horizontal grain. The edges were unevenly trimmed. The paint has darkened and oxidised a little, and the paper has browned.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret