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

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M.0418
A Yellow Note

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.276a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 x 7 1/4-7 3/8" (280 x 185-188 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

A Yellow Note

A Yellow Note was fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 418).

A Yellow Note, Freer Gallery of Art
A Yellow Note, Freer Gallery of Art

However, it is not consistent with Whistler's style and technique, and it is now thought that it may be by a follower or pupil such as Walter Greaves (1846-1930).

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret