The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Pink and green – Little Folk in Fulham was first exhibited in 1886.

This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1003).

Images

Subject

Site

Fulham, in London, is north of the River Thames, and was a favourite hunting ground for Whistler. Whistler drew and painted numerous fruit shops including Terrey's Fruit Shop, Chelsea m1002 and Chelsea fruit shop m1117

Technique

Technique

Unknown. It was described as predominantly grey, with touches of colour, pink and red. ¹

History

Provenance

Unknown.

Exhibitions

• 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 36) as 'Pink and green – Little Folk in Fulham'.

Kay described it as 'a grey trouble, with sparkles of pink and red, which resolves itself into a Fulham Street scene with a fruit-vender and his stall'. ² An oil of similar subject, Pink and Grey: Fruiterer, Fulham y342 was in the same show, but has also not been identified.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1003) as 'Pink and green – Little Folk in Fulham'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 36) as 'Pink and green – Little Folk in Fulham'.

Journals 1855-1905

• de Kay, Charles, 'Whistler. The head of the Impressionists', Art Review, vol. 1, no. 1, 1886, pp. 1-3, at p. 2.