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

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M.0706
r. and v.: Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil, pen, black ink and wash
Support: brown paper
Size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2" (196 x 139 mm)
Signature: r. and v.: butterfly
Inscription: 'Whistler v Ruskin // J. A. McN. Whistler/ The White House/ Chelsea - // Dec. 24. 1878.'

r. and v.: Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics'

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 706) as 'r. and v.: Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics''.

Books on Whistler

  • Way, Thomas Robert, Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist, London and New York, 1912, p. 33, repr. f.p. 32 as 'Sketch of proposed cover for "Art and Art Critics" '.

Catalogues 1906-Present

  • Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot 32).

Last updated: 26th May 2021 by Margaret