The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Blue and Violet dates from 1888/1889.

Blue and Violet, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1221).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Blue and Violet, The Hunterian

Not identified.

Technique

Technique

Blue and Violet, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1221).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law,Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

• 1889: possibly “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 49) as 'Blue and Silver'.
• 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 117) as 'Blue and Violet'.
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 140) as 'Bleu et violet'.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1221) as 'Blue and Violet'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Possibly “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 49) as 'Blue and Silver'.
• Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 117) as 'Blue and Violet'.
• Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 140) as 'Bleu et violet'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Aquarellen, Pastels, Teekingen, Etsen, Lithographien en een Schilderij door James McNeill Whistler, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1906 (cat. no. 18) as 'Blue and Violet, Pastel'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.