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

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M.1278
Blue and Violet - Iris

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1894
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 3/4 x 6 15/16" (274 x 177 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Blue and Violet - Iris', signed with butterfly, on label attached to back board

Blue and Violet - Iris

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1278) as 'Blue and Violet – Iris'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

  • Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 125) as 'Blue and Violet "Iris" '.
  • Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 145) as 'Bleu et violet. Iris'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

  • Parke-Bernet, New York, 28 October 1977 (lot 259, repr.).

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret