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

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YMSM 330
Grey and Brown: The Sad Sea Shore

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1914.2a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 12.5 x 21.7 cm (5 x 8 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Dowdeswell, 1886
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Grey and Brown: The Sad Sea Shore

Grey and Brown: The Sad Sea Shore was painted in Dieppe, probably in the autumn of 1885. 1

Grey and Brown: The Sad Sea Shore, Freer Gallery of Art
Grey and Brown: The Sad Sea Shore, Freer Gallery of Art

It was first exhibited in 1886, in 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 43) .

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 330).

Last updated: 31st December 2020 by Margaret