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
Dimensions11.4 x 17.8 cm (4 1/2 x 7 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP27w16
eMuseum ID724989
Other NumberARC.009205
Previous NumberS1w
EmbARK ObjectID12604
TMS Source ID1680
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. 373, no. 992. (as "Fighting Peacocks")
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. 373, no. 992. (as "Fighting Peacocks")
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: [ORI]GINAL / [TURK]EY MILL / K[ENT]
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.
