The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1334
A room with a skylight and velarium (?)
Date
A room with a skylight and velarium (?) was drawn on the verso of a letter from Hippolyte Durand Tahier (1863-1899), art critic, general secretary for the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, to Whistler, dated 27 March 1892. 1 The plan is nothing to do with the letter.
A room with a skylight and velarium (?), Glasgow University Library
It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1334).
Images
A room with a skylight and velarium (?), Glasgow University Library
Subject
Description
A room with a skylight and velarium (?), Glasgow University Library
A plan showing light coming from a skylight and directed onto walls, possibly related to Whistler's ideas for a velarium to be used in exhibitions. See A room m1335.
Technique
Technique
A room with a skylight and velarium (?), Glasgow University Library
It is very sketchy but is probably by Whistler.
Conservation History
The sheet is torn on the left.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It has not been exhibited.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1334) as 'A room with a skylight and velarium (?)'.
Websites
- The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2004, GUW #05499.
Notes:
1: GUW #05499.