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Description: | Gilded reeded (1) s. with a butterfly; b.l.
(2) Inscr. [by Whistler]; v. "No 43y / Note in Grey & Green - Holland"
CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) The light in this painting has a cool northern look, with ribbon-like wavy strokes forming the sky. In the image on the verso side, the washing is dominant and dwarfs the figures on the beach. It would seem that Whistler was unable to unify these disparate elements in one picture, so scrubbed it out. Alternatively, the verso might be an abandoned watercolour, painted in Hastings, as it can be compared with the drypoint "Beach, Hastings" (Kennedy 100) of 1873.
Birnie Philip Gift 1935 - not lendable. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SEA : SAILING VESSELS : BATHERS : WASHING LINE : RIVERSCAPE : HASTINGS : BEACH : WHISTLER CENTENARY : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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