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

 

M.1331
Design for a poster for 'Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: FGA 88
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, watermark of coronet over 'CL/ ORIGINAL DELTA/ FINE', f.s.
Size: 8 11/16 x 6 13/16" (220 x 173 mm)
Signature: 'J McN Whistler' on letter
Inscription: 'Poster', see SUBJECT/ Description

Design for a poster for 'Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces'

Provenance

  • 1892: sent by Whistler to Thomas Way (1837-1915) ;
  • 1904/1905: probably sold by Way to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit;
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret