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

 

M.1582
Plan of a panel of pictures for the ISSPG

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Tate Archive, London
Accession Number: 72-45/295
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, watermark ‘Imperial Century’
Size: 227 x 176 mm (9 x 6 7/8")
Signature: letter signed ‘J. McN. Whistler’
Inscription: "Forbes’ sea piece // Oval / Cowan’s shop Nocturne / Oval // Phryne / Cigale"; '931' and '37' in unknown hands

Plan of a panel of pictures for the ISSPG

Description

Plan of a panel of pictures for the ISSPG, Tate Archive, London
Plan of a panel of pictures for the ISSPG, Tate Archive, London

A sketch of six paintings in a proposed hanging arrangement for an exhibition. Two ovals flank three smaller pictures, with a large horizontal format painting hung with the top sloping forward, above them.

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London.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret