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

 

Blue and Orange: Sweet Shop

Blue and Orange: Sweet Shop probably dates from 1884, and certainly before its first exhibition in 1886.


                Blue and Orange: Sweet Shop, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Blue and Orange: Sweet Shop, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

It was probably painted during Whistler's sojourn in St Ives between January and March 1884. 1

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 263).

Last updated: 21st November 2020 by Margaret