Documents associated with: Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1889
Record 14 of 62
System Number: 09270
Date: [1/2 March 1889?][1]
Author: JW
Place: [London]
Recipient: Theodore Child[2]
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Call Number: George A. Lucas Collection Archives, Letters - James McNeill Whistler to Theodore Child no. 5
Document Type: ALS
Dear Mr Child -
Forgive me if it be at all possible - and let me tell you now at once how really delighted I am with the proof of Miss Corder[3]! -
It is simply charming - Do say so from me with my most sincere thanks & compliments to Monsieur[4] - for the life of me I cannot at this moment remember his name! - dont tell him that! -
The Balcony[5] is also beautiful - I fancy [p. 2] it ought to come back at once - I mean the painting of course - in order that I may borrow it again - .
I do wish I could further consult with you about the Exhibition[6] - They are asking me here to send in on the English Section - What do you think? -
Also will they enforce the rule of no paintings later than 78? - Or does it only mean pictures that were exhibited in the last International as you at first thought?
Perhaps on the American side they would be less strict? -
I was greatly amused at Theoc's[7] [sic] criticism of Mr Stott's[8] exposition at Durand Ruels[9] - and am induced to send you the enclosed[10] -
Who knows? perhaps a slight reference to it might one of these days not be amiss! -
I notice that he is without his "Oldham" at present! - I suppose I must have kicked it off[11]!! -
Always
[butterfly signature]
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Notes:
1. [1/2 March 1889?]
Child's reply to this letter is dated 3 March 1889 (#00621).
2. Theodore Child
Theodore Child (1846-1892), journalist and art critic [more].
3. Miss Corder
Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder (YMSM 203).
4. Monsieur
Fréderic Florian (b. 1858), alias 'Rognon', wood engraver [more].
5. Balcony
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony (YMSM 56).
6. Exhibition
Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1889. Child had also written giving JW advice on the exposition on 12 June 1888 (#00614).
7. Theoc's
Presumably he means Child.
8. Mr. Stott's
William Stott of Oldham (1857-1900), genre and landscape painter [more].
9. Durand Ruels
Paul Durand-Ruel (1828 or 1831-1922), Paris art dealer, or one of his sons, Joseph (1862-1928), Charles (1865-1892) or Georges (1866-1931).
10. the enclosed
The enclosure is missing.
11. kicked it off
A reference to a quarrel JW had with Stott in the Hogarth Club in January 1889, when JW slapped and kicked Stott; see #02142.