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

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M.0707
Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen, ink and wash
Support: white paper
Size: 7 1/4 x 5 1/2" (184 x 139 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Whistler v. Ruskin // J. A. McN. Whistler/ The White House/ Chelsea. // Dec. 24, 1878.'

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. 707) as '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.

Catalogues 1906-Present

  • Christie's, London, 14 November 1966 (lot 100).

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