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

 

YMSM 519
The Sea, Pourville, No. 2

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 73.114
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 140 x 232 mm (5 1/2 x 9 1/8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: 'Whistler-style'

The Sea, Pourville, No. 2

Titles

Possible titles include:

  • Possibly 'The Sea, Pourville' (1905, ISSPG). 1
  • 'The Sea, Pourville, No. 2' (1980, YMSM). 2
The Sea, Pourville, No. 2, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
The Sea, Pourville, No. 2, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
The Sea, Pourville, No. 1, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls
The Sea, Pourville, No. 1, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls

The number is used to distinguish this painting, The Sea, Pourville, No. 2 , from The Sea, Pourville, No. 1 [YMSM 516] but it does not mean that the Pourville works were painted in a particular order.

Description

The Sea, Pourville, No. 2, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
The Sea, Pourville, No. 2, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

A beach scene in horizontal format, showing a wide stretch of dark grey beach leading to breakers and dark green seas, under a grey cloudy sky. There are cliffs at far left, and a sailing ship barely visible at the horizon.

Site

The port of Pourville on the French coast, a popular holiday destination.

Notes:

1: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 64).

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 519).

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret