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Description: | Glass mount; 34.7 x 24.6 (1) s. with a butterfly; c.r. (2) Inscr. b.l. "o"
(3) Inscr. by Beatrix Whistler; v. "Black and Red" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This drawing may relate to an unfinished commission by Henry Cole. He had asked Whistler for two figures to put on the arches in South Kensington Museum. However, Whistler only produced one - a "Japanese art worker". By the time it was too late, he drew this elaborate pastel, although it may have been unsuitable for a public building anyway, due to its revealing nature. The title for this work comes from Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, but in view of her long association with Whistler, it could well be correct.
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: | FAN : SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM : HENRY COLE : EGYPTIAN : 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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