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

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YMSM 255
Red and Pink: La Petite Mephisto

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.147a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 22.5 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Large Dowdeswell, 1884 [14.1 cm]

Red and Pink: La Petite Mephisto

Red and Pink: La Petite Mephisto dates from between 1883 and 1884. 1

Red and Pink: La Petite Mephisto, Freer Gallery of Art
Red and Pink: La Petite Mephisto, Freer Gallery of Art

It is dated from the technique and the form of the butterfly signature. It was first exhibited in 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 51).

Notes:

1: Dated 'about 1884' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 255).

Last updated: 31st December 2020 by Margaret