The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1093
A Pink Note
Date
A Pink Note was exhibited in 1889 and possibly in 1887 and 1888.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1093).
Images
A Pink Note, Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Description
This was probably a figure, either nude or partly draped, in pink.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1887: possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 190) as 'Une Note en rose', but that could have been an oil.
- 1888: possibly III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 24) as 'Rosa Stimmung'.
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 14) as 'A Pink Note'.
The Epoch, 8 March 1889, commented on its 'pleasing effects in pink', which does not help in identifying it, but it was probably a figure subject. It was priced at 35 guineas, but remained unsold, and was returned to Whistler after the exhibition by Wunderlich's on the SS Servia. 1
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1093) as 'A Pink Note'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 190) as 'Une Note en rose'.
- Possibly III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 24) as 'Rosa Stimmung'.
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 14) as 'A Pink Note'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- The Epoch, 8 March 1889.
Notes:
1: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.