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

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M.1178
A house with an open window

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1890s
Collection: Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
Accession Number: B1993.30.121
Medium: watercolour
Support: linen, laid down on card, v.: stamped 'E. MARY & FILS/ 26, RUE CHAPTAL, PARIS'
Size: 5 1/16 x 8 9/16" (128 x 217 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'In Brittany' in Harold Wright's hand

A house with an open window

A house with an open window was probably painted on the Whistlers' honeymoon, in the autumn of 1888, but could date from later. Yale Center for British Art suggests it dates from the late 1890s.

A house with an open window, Yale Center for British Art
A house with an open window, Yale Center for British Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1177).

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret