The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Paintings for exhibition dates from January 1888 and was sent to Octave Maus (1856-1919) and reproduced in the catalogue of the Ve Exposition des XX, Société des XX, Brussels, 1888. ¹

Paintings for exhibition, Musées Royaux Des Beaux Arts De Belgique

This work was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 910) where it was wrongly dated 1883; the record has been corrected.

Images

Subject

Description

Paintings for exhibition, Musées Royaux Des Beaux Arts De Belgique

The drawing shows a preferred hanging of Whistler's paintings including Arrangement in Black and Brown: The Fur Jacket y181 as the centrepiece, with Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel y169 underneath it

Technique

Technique

Paintings for exhibition, Musées Royaux Des Beaux Arts De Belgique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 910).

History

Provenance

• 1888: sent to Octave Maus (1856-1919).
• Date unknown: passed to the Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique.

Exhibitions

• 1888: Ve Exposition des XX, Société des XX, Brussels, 1888, facsimile of drawing reproduced in catalogue.

Paintings for exhibition, Musées Royaux Des Beaux Arts De Belgique

Arrangement in Black and Brown: The Fur Jacket, Worcester Art Museum

Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel, Tate Britain

In a letter to Octave Maus, Whistler indicated his preferred arrangement for the hanging of eight works, and enclosed a sketch, which he had not intended to be made public. ² However, the drawing was reproduced in the catalogue. It shows Arrangement in Black and Brown: The Fur Jacket y181 as the centrepiece, with Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel y169 underneath it. In all, Whistler sent two oils, four etchings and two pastels.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 910) as 'Paintings for exhibition'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Ve Exposition des XX, Société des XX, Brussels, 1888, drawing reproduced in facsimile in the catalogue.

Books, General

• Maus, Madeleine Octave, Trente Années de lutte pour l'Art 1884-1914, Brussels, 1926, pp. 48-49, repr. p. 70.

Websites

• The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2004. GUW #09244.