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

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Designs for the catalogue 'Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 3
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, watermark '[CPL] Marchais', f.s.
Size: 12 3/16" x 16 5/8" (310 x 422 mm)
Signature: butterfly, and 'J McN Whistler' on letter
Inscription: r. and v.: letter, see SUBJECT; 'The Goupil Gallery' and dated, '1892', probably by D. C. Thomson; v.: stamped 'GOUPIL & COMPANY/ 7 March 1892'

Designs for the catalogue 'Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces'

Description

Designs for the catalogue 'Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces', p. 1, Library of Congress
Designs for the catalogue 'Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces', p. 1, Library of Congress

This design was for the catalogue of Whistler's retrospective exhibition, Nocturnes, Marines & Chevalet Pieces, Goupil Gallery, London, 1892. The relevant section of the first side reads:

'Small Collection / of / Nocturnes / Marines, & Chevalet Pieces /by / Mr Whistler / at / The Goupil Galleries / for three weeks only. / [butterfly signature]

Messrs Boussod, Valladon [sic] & Co. / 'The Goupil Gallery' / 116. 117. New Bond Street / Saturday. March. 19.

Send proof.

If you have this enlarged in exactly these proportions, you will then produce the most distinguished thing in Posters I have yet seen - The white appearance of the whole will be its characteristic.'

Designs for the catalogue 'Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces', p. 3, Library of Congress
Designs for the catalogue 'Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces', p. 3, Library of Congress

The relevant text on p. 3 reads:

[upper left:]

'Catalogue Cover - / Front /

Nocturnes, / Marines & Chevalet Pieces / [butterfly signature]/ J McNeill Whistler / Chelsea -'

[upper right:]

'First title page inside -

Small collection / of / Nocturnes / Marine & Chevalet Pieces / Kindly loaned / by / Their Owners / [butterfly signature] Smaller Butterfly'

[lower left:]

'Back

Messrs Boussod Valadon & Co. / The Goupil Galleries / London'

[lower right:] 'All type in Italics as usual - Mr Way knows.'

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