Study of Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Dateabout 1885
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions17.8 x 22.9 cm (7 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP27w14
eMuseum ID725142
Other NumberARC.009203
EmbARK ObjectID12602
TMS Source ID1678
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesMorris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), pp. 103-05.
Corinna Lindon Smith. Interesting People (Norman, Oklahoma, 1962), p. 156.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 19 (6 Jan. 1963), p. 1. (excerpting Morris Carter, pp. 103-05)
Margaret MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 372, no. 989. (as "The Walls of the Peacock Room")
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 37-41, no. 18.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 249.
Corinna Lindon Smith. Interesting People (Norman, Oklahoma, 1962), p. 156.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 19 (6 Jan. 1963), p. 1. (excerpting Morris Carter, pp. 103-05)
Margaret MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 372, no. 989. (as "The Walls of the Peacock Room")
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 37-41, no. 18.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 249.
MarksNotesWatermark: ORIGINAL / TURKEY MILL / KENT
ProvenanceNotes
Gift from the artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) to the American painter Harper Pennington (1854–1920), American painter, about 1885.
Gift from Harper Pennington to Isabella Stewart Gardner before 15 March 1904.
