Six Figures in a Landscape
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Dateabout 1887
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPen and dark brown ink on buff paper
Dimensions11.3 x 17.5 cm (4 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP27w17
eMuseum ID722136
Other NumberARC.009208
EmbARK ObjectID10904
TMS Source ID170
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.
BibliographyNotesRollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 67. (entitled "Six Figures in a Landscape")
Deborah Gribbon. "Whistler's Sketch of an Unfinished Symphony." Fenway Court (1980), p. 27, n2.
Margaret MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 436, no. 1162. (as "Cemetery"; as about 1887)
"Cemetery. Hunterian Art Gallery Whistler Collections: GLAHA 46128." Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, accessed 2015. http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=whistler&searchTerm=46128 (as related to museum no. GLAHA 46128)
Deborah Gribbon. "Whistler's Sketch of an Unfinished Symphony." Fenway Court (1980), p. 27, n2.
Margaret MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 436, no. 1162. (as "Cemetery"; as about 1887)
"Cemetery. Hunterian Art Gallery Whistler Collections: GLAHA 46128." Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, accessed 2015. http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=whistler&searchTerm=46128 (as related to museum no. GLAHA 46128)
MarksNotesWatermark (a crown with text): [Iri]sh Linen / ... WARD
ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift of the American painter Harper Pennington (1854-1920) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, March 1904.
