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

 

M.1400
Statue in Luxembourg Gardens

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46198
Medium: lithographiccrayon
Support: dark cream thin, transparent lithographic transfer paper
Size: 9 1/8 x 6 1/8" (232 x 156 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Statue in Luxembourg Gardens

Statue in Luxembourg Gardens probably dates from 1894. It has been dated by comparaison with two lithographs of a similar subject, Confidences in the Garden c100 and La Belle Jardinière c101, both of which show Whistler's wife in the garden at 110 rue du Bac. 1

Statue in Luxembourg Gardens, The Hunterian
Statue in Luxembourg Gardens, The Hunterian

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1400) dated '1893/5'.

Notes:

1: Dated by Spink 1998 [more] , vol. 1 (cat. no. XI), pp. 508-10.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret