Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 397) as 'The Purple Iris'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

SALE:

• Christie's, London, 20 April 1893 (lot 120) as 'Girl with Bird (upright)'.

EXHIBITION:

• Ouvrages de Peintures, Sculpture, Dessin, Gravure, Architecture et Objets d'Art, 14th exhibition, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1904 (cat. no.137) as 'The Purple Iris.'

Books on Whistler

• Cary, Elizabeth Luther, The Works of James McNeill Whistler: A Study, with a Tentative List of Artist’s Works, New York, 1907, p. 197 (cat. no. 267).

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 245, pl. 218.

Websites

• Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1904.87a-b.