The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1201
Blue and Violet
Date
Blue and Violet was exhibited in “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1201).
Images
Blue and Violet, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
It is likely this was a pastel of a draped figure incoporating the colours of the title Blue and Violet.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- 1889: exhibited in New York and sold for 100 guineas to an unknown collector by Wunderlich's, New York dealers. 1
Exhibitions
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 57) as 'Blue and Violet'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1201) as 'Blue and Violet'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 57) as 'Blue and Violet'.
Notes:
1: Note by Whistler, 18 November 1889, GUW #07181.