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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; c.r.
(2) s. in pencil wth butterfly; b.r.
(3) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) "The Duet" depicts Whistler?s wife, Beatrix, and her sister, Ethel Birnie Philip, playing together at a piano. The atmosphere is nocturnal and the scene is lit by the light of a small lamp. Strong contrasts exist between the deep shadows surrounding the central figural group and the areas of illumination, such as the sisters? faces and Beatrix's forearms. When Thomas Way returned proofs of this image to Whistler in Paris, Whistler took an immediate dislike to it. Despite Way trying to convince him of the merit of the work, Whistler stated "But "The Duet" won?t do . . .". However, he was eventually convinced otherwise and additional impressions of this lithograph were pulled. (See also GLAHA 49081-49085/49372/49373/49592/49769/49850).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | 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: | PORTRAIT : BEATRICE WHISTLER : ETHEL BIRNIE PHILIP : ETHEL WHIBLEY : PIANO : MUSIC : PAINTINGS : INTERIOR : 110, RUE DE BAC : CANCELLED PROOF : 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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