The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 346
Arrangement in Red and Black
Date
Arrangement in Red and Black may date from 1886 and was first exhibited in that year. 1
Images
Arrangement in Red and Black, Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title is known:
- 'Arrangement in red and black' (1886, Dowdeswell). 2
- 'Arrangement in Red and Black' (1980, YMSM). 3
The 1980 title uses capitals for consistency with other titles.
Description
Unknown.
Site
Unknown.
Sitter
Unknown.
Technique
Technique
The Saturday Review compared it with Blue and Orange: Sweet Shop y263 and stated that they 'are painted in lower, richer, and fuller colours than most, and are pushed further.' 4
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 50) as 'Arrangement in red and black'.
It was estimated by Dowdeswell at £30 but priced £40 by Whistler. 5
The Saturday Review, 22 May 1886, gave no description that would help to help identify this painting, but compared it with Blue and Orange: Sweet Shop y263 and stated that they 'are painted in lower, richer, and fuller colours than most, and are pushed further, for which they are none the worse.' 6
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 346) as 'Arrangement in Red and Black'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 50) as 'Arrangement in red and black'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Saturday Review, London, 22 May 1886.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
Monographs
- None.
Books on Whistler
- None.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- Revillon, Joseph Whistler, Draft Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of J. McN. Whistler, [ca 1945-1955], Glasgow University Library (cat. no. 455).
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 50). YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 346).
2: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 50).
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 346).
4: Press cutting dated 22 May 1886, GUL Whistler PC 8, p. 8.
5: Annotated catalogue, GUI. Whistler EC 1886.
6: Press cutting in GUL Whistler PC 8, p. 8.