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

 

YMSM 413
Violet and Blue: Among the Rollers

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession Number: 2006.87
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 17.8 x 25.4 cm (7 x 10")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, 1893

Violet and Blue: Among the Rollers

Violet and Blue: Among the Rollers was probably painted in Brittany in September 1893.

Violet and Blue: Among the Rollers, Detroit Institute of Arts
Violet and Blue: Among the Rollers, Detroit Institute of Arts

In October 1893 Whistler sent 'Violet and Blue – among the Rollers' to the art dealer David Croal Thomson (1855-1930). 1 On 11 December at Whistler's request, Goupil's wrote to the St James's Gazette asserting that the 'sea-piece' had been 'painted in Brittany a few weeks ago.' 2

Notes:

1: Whistler to D. C. Thomson, (16, 20 October 1893, GUW #08249, #08247.

2: Whistler to D. C. Thomson, [10 December 1893], GUW #08287. St James's Gazette, 12 December 1893.

Last updated: 12th November 2020 by Margaret