The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0592
Studies of blue and white porcelain
Date
Studies of blue and white porcelain probably dates from 1876. It was painted for Murray Marks (1840-1918) to show how Whistler would illustrate a proposed catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894). 1
Studies of blue and white porcelain, whereabouts unknown
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 592).
Images
Studies of blue and white porcelain, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
Studies of blue and white porcelain, whereabouts unknown
Sketches of four round plates, two vases and an oval jar.
Technique
Technique
Studies of blue and white porcelain, whereabouts unknown
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 592).
History
Provenance
- ca 1876: drawn for Murray Marks (1840-1918);
- 1918: sold at auction, Marks sale, Christie's, London, 5 July 1918 (lot 27), bought by Wallis, London dealers.
In 1906, while owned by Murray Marks, it was photographed by William E. Gray for Joseph Pennell (1860-1926). 2
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited 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. 592) as 'Studies of blue and white porcelain'.
Authored by Whistler
- Thompson, Sir Henry, A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain Forming the Collection of Sir Henry Thompson. Illustrated ... from Drawings by James Whistler ... and Sir Henry Thompson, London, 1878.
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, repr. f.p. 216.
Books, General
- Williamson, George Charles, Murray Marks and his Friends, London and New York, 1919, p. 43, repr. f.p.44.
Notes:
1: Thompson 1878 [more].
2: Bill, 29 December 1906, E. R. & J. Pennell Collection, Library of Congress.