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

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YMSM 326
Coast Scene: Bathers

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884/1885
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1933.208
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 13.8 x 22.1 cm (5 7/16 x 8 11/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Coast Scene: Bathers

Coast Scene: Bathers dates from late 1884 or 1885. 1

Coast Scene: Bathers, Art Institute of Chicago
Coast Scene: Bathers, Art Institute of Chicago

It may have been painted on Whistler's stay in Dieppe in the autumn of 1885. It is dated by the technique and butterfly.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 326).

Last updated: 3rd December 2020 by Margaret