The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1108
A yellow note - Flowers
Date
A yellow note – Flowers was exhibited in 1886.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1108).
Images
A yellow note – Flowers, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
Judging by the title, either a flower study or a picture of a shop or cart selling flowers.
Technique
Technique
The artist Robert Goodloe Harper Pennington (1854 or 1855-d. 1920) remembered Whistler, when he was living in Fulham, painting flowers – roses in vases – in gouache. 1 No such works have been located.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 67) as 'A yellow note – Flowers'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1108) as 'A yellow note – Flowers'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 67) as 'A yellow note – Flowers'.
Notes:
1: Pennington to J. Pennell, Library of Congress, PW 297, 3829.