The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0346
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green'
Date
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green' dates from between 1868 and 1869.
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green', The Hunterian
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 346) where it is dated '1867/9'.
Images
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green', The Hunterian
r.: Two nudes reclining on a terrace, The Hunterian
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green', photograph, Library of Congress
Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green', The Hunterian
Not identified. The models probably also star in variations on this group, r.: Two nudes reclining on a terrace; v.: Two women looking over a terrace m0345 and Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green' m0347.
Technique
Composition
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green', The Hunterian
Variations in Blue and Green, Freer Gallery of Art
This may be a study for the central area of Variations in Blue and Green y084. The recumbent figure was not included in the final painting.
r.: Two nudes reclining on a terrace, The Hunterian
Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green', photograph, Library of Congress
Two similar studies, the recto of r.: Two nudes reclining on a terrace; v.: Two women looking over a terrace m0345 and Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green' m0347, show variations in the poses, and suggest this might have been intended as another figure composition entirely.
Technique
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 342).
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1958: bequeathed to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
There are no records of exhibitions in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 346) as "Study for 'Variations in Blue and Green' ".
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 84).
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.