The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1369
Brittany
Date
Brittany was recorded as exhibited in A Collection of Paintings representing The Glasgow School, Artists of Denmark and Some Others, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1895 (cat. no. 165).
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1369).
Images
Brittany, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
The Critic, 30 November 1895, commented that Whistler had 'sent three pastels, delicate and exquisite in colour – suggestions, dreams, flashes of light from the wings of the butterfly as it flits by.'
Site
According to the title, a scene in Brittany, France.
Technique
Technique
A pastel drawing in delicate colours, according to The Critic, 30 November 1895.
History
Provenance
- 1894-1895: owned by Alexander Reid (1854-1928), Glasgow art dealer.
Exhibitions
- 1894: possibly 64th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1894 (cat. no. 323) as 'Brittany'.
- 1895: A Collection of Paintings representing The Glasgow School, Artists of Denmark and Some Others, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1895 (cat. no. 165) as 'Brittany'.
There is some doubt about the identity of the work exhibited in 1894. See Street in Brittany y415.
However, on 30 November 1895, The Critic commented that Whistler had 'sent three pastels, delicate and exquisite in colour – suggestions, dreams, flashes of light from the wings of the butterfly as it flits by.'
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1369) as 'Brittany'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly 64th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1894 (cat. no. 323) as 'Brittany'.
- A Collection of Paintings representing The Glasgow School, Artists of Denmark and Some Others, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1895 (cat. no. 165) as 'Brittany'.
Journals 1855-1905
- Monroe, Lucy, 'Chicago Letter' (25 November 1895), The Critic, New York, no. 719, 30 November 1895, pp. 374-75 at p. 374.