The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1339
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting
Date
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting were drawn by Whistler for Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) in June 1892, according to the inscription, and are dated from references in a letter to Kennedy dated 10-11 June 1892. 1
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
They are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1339).
Images
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
The Last of Old Westminster, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Battersea Reach, National Gallery of Art, DC, Corcoran collection
Subject
Description
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
This is a drawing of paintings that Whistler wished E. G. Kennedy to buy, namely Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony y056, and The Last of Old Westminster y039.
Technique
Composition
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
The Last of Old Westminster, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Battersea Reach, National Gallery of Art, DC, Corcoran collection
Whistler's sketches show Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony y056, and The Last of Old Westminster y039 recognisably. The third sketch should represent Battersea Reach y045 but is incomplete.
Conservation History
The paper is now browned, and there is a hole in the middle.
History
Provenance
- 1892: given by Whistler to Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932), New York art dealer;
- 1927: given by Kennedy to the New York Public Library.
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. 1339) as 'r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting'.
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 #09680.
Notes:
1: GUW #09680.