The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1702
Note en violet - La Lettre
Date
Note en violet – La Lettre is recorded as being sent for exhibition in Paris in 1901, but probably dated from earlier.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1702).
Images
Note en violet – La Lettre, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
Note en violet – La Lettre was a figure subject, described by Fontainas as a woman on a sofa, 'la tête charmante qui s'appuie au coussins' (her charming head leaning on cushions) and her foot extended. 1 No extant pastel fits this description exactly, though it is likely it was similar to a nude study such as Nude model reclining m1606.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1901: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galeries George Petit, Paris, 1901 (cat. no. unknown).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1702).
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galeries George Petit, Paris, 1901 (cat. no. unknown).
Journals 1855-1905
- Fontainas, André, 'Art Moderne', Mercure de France, January 1902, pp. 239-46, at p. 243.
Notes:
1: Fontainas 1902 [more], at p. 243.