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

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M.0606
Oviform Vase

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.150
Medium: black ink and wash
Support: off-white wove paper laid down on card
Size: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2" (159 x 115 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. 606).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 16th January 2019 by Margaret