The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1115
Rosa und violet
Date
Rosa und violet was exhibited in 1888.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1115).
Images
Rosa und violet, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
Unknown. The colous of the title (pink and violet) suggest a figure subject.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1888: III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 44) as 'Rosa und Violet'.
- 1889: possibly “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 47) as 'Rose and Violet'.
It was priced at the high price of 80 guineas in 1889, 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. 1115) as 'Rosa und violet'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 44) as 'Rosa und Violet'.
- Possibly “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 47) as 'Rose and Violet'.
Notes:
1: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.