The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0398
Study for the 'Purple Iris'
Date
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
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 398).
Images
Study for the 'Purple Iris', National Museum of Wales
The Purple Iris, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
Not identified.
Technique
Composition
Study for the 'Purple Iris', National Museum of Wales
This may be a study, as the title implies, for The Purple Iris m0397.
History
Provenance
- 1963: bequeathed by Gwendoline Elizabeth Davies (1882-1951) and Margaret Sidney Davies (1884-1963) to the National Museum of Wales.
The earlier history of the drawing is not known.
Exhibitions
No exhibition is known 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. 398) as 'Study for the 'Purple Iris''.