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

 

YMSM 306
Red and Blue: Lindsey Houses

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.157a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 134 x 235 mm (5 1/4 x 9 1/4")
Signature: butterfly (and possibly another butterfly in the sky)
Inscription: none
Frame: Large Dowdeswell, 1884 [14.1 cm]

Red and Blue: Lindsey Houses

Red and Blue: Lindsey Houses dates from between 1883 and 1884. 1

Red and Blue: Lindsey Houses, Freer Gallery of Art
Red and Blue: Lindsey Houses, Freer Gallery of Art

It is dated from the technique and butterfly signature. It was first exhibited in 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 4).

Notes:

1: 'Dated 'about 1882/4' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 306).

Last updated: 11th November 2020 by Margaret