The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Arrangement in White and Black probably dates from 1878, and was published in May of that year. ¹ It is known only from the reproduction. It is however, possible that it was done earlier, since it is a copy of Arrangement in White and Black y185, which is dated 1876/1878.

Arrangement in White and Black, Blackburn 1878, repr.

Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 691).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Arrangement in White and Black, Blackburn 1878, repr.

Maud Franklin (1857-1939) posed for the portrait of which this is a copy, Arrangement in White and Black y185.

Technique

Composition

Arrangement in White and Black, Blackburn 1878, repr.

Arrangement in White and Black, Freer Gallery of Art

The original drawing, a copy of Arrangement in White and Black y185, was made for the reproduction in Blackburn 1878 [more], p. 20.

History

Provenance

• 1878: presumably sent to Henry Blackburn (1830-1897) for publication.

Exhibitions

The drawing was not exhibited, but the painting of which it was a copy, Arrangement in White and Black y185, was shown in II Summer Exhibition, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1878 (cat. no. 55).

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 686) as 'Arrangement in White and Black'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Blackburn, Henry, Grosvenor Notes, London, 1878, repr. p. 20.