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

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YMSM 288
The Sea and Sand

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.151a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 134 x 234 mm (5 1/4 x 9 1/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Dowdeswell, ca 1884
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The Sea and Sand

The Sea and Sand was probably painted and exhibited in 1884. 1

The Sea and Sand, Freer Gallery of Art
The Sea and Sand, Freer Gallery of Art

It is dated from the technique and signature. It was probably painted at St Ives, Cornwall between January and March 1884.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 288).

Last updated: 4th December 2020 by Margaret