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

 

M.1564
A club on a cushion

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1933.286
Medium: graphite pencil, pen, black ink and white opaque paint
Support: cream wove card
Size: 4 11/16 x 6 1/4" (119 x 159 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: 'size across/ from tassel to tassel -'; collector's mark of 'WSB' (Walter Stanton Brewster); v.: in unknown hands '33.286 / 12 / a44123'

A club on a cushion

A club on a cushion was drawn in 1899 as an illustration for the book by James McNeill Whistler, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly. A Valentine with a Verdict, Paris: Louis-Henry May, 1899.

A club on a cushion, Art Institute of Chicago
A club on a cushion, Art Institute of Chicago

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1564).

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret