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

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M.1291
The Shell

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.63a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 7 1/8 x 10 15/16" (181-184 x 278 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

The Shell

Technique

The Shell, Freer Gallery of Art
The Shell, Freer Gallery of Art

Although drawn about 1892, this pastel was returned to Whistler for possible exhibition in 1893, and may have been touched up before being returned to the owner, as Whistler said, 'I may add a touch or two by way of thanking their owners for their courtesy.' 1

Notes:

1: Whistler to A. Reid, [30 April 1893], GUW #03210.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret