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

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M.0595
Oviform Vase

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.169
Medium: pen, black ink and wash
Support: off-white laid paper, laid down on card
Size: 5 3/4 x 4 5/16" (147 x 109 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Oviform Vase

Oviform Vase dates from 1876/1878. It is a preliminary study for an illustration in a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894). 1

Oviform Vase, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Oviform Vase, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 595).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more]

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret