Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0940
Off the Dutch coast

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46091
Medium: watercolour
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 5 3/4 x 9 13/16" (146 x 250 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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Off the Dutch coast

Technique

Off the Dutch coast, The Hunterian
Off the Dutch coast, The Hunterian

The brushwork is complex and expressive, with layers of subtle shades of greeny-blues skilfully applied. Heijbroek and MacDonald comment: 'Criss-crossing, lilting brush-strokes of delicately graduated blues and greens suggest the waves of Off the Dutch Coast.' 1

Conservation History

It appears to have been spotted with spray or rain. It is very slightly browned at the edges.

Notes:

1: Heijbroek 1997 [more], p. 36.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret