The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A room dates from May or June 1892.

A room, New York Public Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1335).

Images

Subject

Description

A room, New York Public Library

Possibly a plan showing light coming from a skylight and directed onto walls, related to Whistler's ideas for a velarium to be used in exhibitions. See A room with a skylight and velarium (?) m1334.

Technique

Technique

A room, New York Public Library

This is a very rough sketch, and the subject is not entirely clear..

History

Provenance

• 1892: possibly given by the artist to Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932);
• 1927: given by Kennedy to New York Public L:ibrary.

Exhibitions

No exhibition is known.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1335) as 'A room'.