The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1204
Flesh Colour and White
Date
Flesh Colour and White was exhibited in “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889.
Flesh Colour and Rose, Fogg Art Museum
It is likely that this is in fact the pastel Flesh Colour and Rose (Fogg Art Museum, M.1083), illustrated above.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1204).
Images
Flesh Colour and White, Whereabouts unknown
Flesh Colour and Rose, Fogg Art Museum
Subject
Description
Given the title Flesh Colour and White, this was probably a nude study, or showed a woman partly draped in white.
Flesh Colour and Rose, Fogg Art Museum
It is likely that it is in fact the pastel Flesh Colour and Rose (Fogg Art Museum, M.1083), illustrated above.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 58) as 'Flesh Colour and White'.
It was priced at 40 guineas in 1889, but remained unsold, and was returned to Whistler after the exhibition by Wunderlich's on the SS Servia. 1
Flesh Colour and Rose, Fogg Art Museum
It is likely that this is in fact the pastel Flesh Colour and Rose (Fogg Art Museum), illustrated above.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1204) as 'Flesh Colour and White'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 58) as 'Flesh Colour and White'.
Notes:
1: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.