James McNeill Whistler's Harmony in Black, No.10, 1885, A Historical Documentation of His Masterpiece...

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Angelle Vinet Alan Barnett

James McNeill Whistler's Harmony in Black, No.10, 1885, A Historical Documentation of His Masterpiece

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Angelle Vinet, Alan Barnett

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Butterfly Company Press
18 March 2026

The Arts: General & Reference; History; Antiques & collectables

This book completes years of Whistler scholarship identified by historical documentation on James McNeill Whistler's masterpiece, Harmony in Black, No.10, painted at the height of his artistic creation. Historical records will identify with scientific evidence the hand of Whistler in his evolution of painterly language completing his series of three, beginning with, Arrangement in Grey and Black, No.1 Portrait of the Artist's Mother,1871, then Arrangement in Grey and Black, No.2, Portrait of Thomas Carlyle,1872-73, and finishing with Harmony in Black, No.10. No other nineteenth century master painted in Whistler's hand identified by his inventive dialogue in synthesis with ten Old Masters, including Diego Velázquez, and Japanese painting. Created at the pinnacle of his output after his successful Venice trip in 1885, upon completing his picture he requested his followers to paint after him with numerous artists and masters creating more than one painting. Paintings are documents of their creators, and rarely in art history does a painting record so many aspects of authorship, including scientific documentation of X-rays, Infrared images, two forensic reports, notable placement in Whistler's oeuvre and its importance in nineteenth-century painting. Whistler's followers and colleagues who painted after Harmony in Black, No.10, left behind a plethora of paintings, identify this painting by the hand of Whistler and clarify its important placement in nineteenth century painting.

By: Angelle Vinet
Designed by: Alan Barnett
Imprint: Butterfly Company Press
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 835g
ISBN: 9798998750908
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 18 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angelle Vinet is a self-taught Whistler scholar, her background includes art school at The American College for the Applied Arts, Atlanta, GA, Paris American Academy, and La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, Paris, France. This book completes Vinet's scholarship of twenty years researching James McNeill Whistler. During the course of research further historical documentation became available on Whistler's, Harmony in Black, No.10, and a decision was made to rewrite her second book. Her two earlier Whistler books are titled, James McNeill Whistler, an Evolution of Painting from the Old Masters, identified by two Missing Masterpieces, and James McNeill Whistler's Portrait of William Merritt Chase, 1885 Is... Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Website, www.JamesMcNeillWhistler.com.