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

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M.0398
Study for the 'Purple Iris'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1872
Collection: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Accession Number: n/a
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 13/16 x 3 7/16-3 9/16" (198 x 87-90 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study for the 'Purple Iris'

Study for the 'Purple Iris' dates from 1871/1872. It is dated by the butterfly signature.

Study for the 'Purple Iris', National Museum of Wales
Study for the 'Purple Iris', National Museum of Wales

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 398).

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret