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

 

YMSM 167
Nocturne in Black and Gold

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Nocturne in Black and Gold

Titles

Only one title is known, with varying punctuation:

  • 'Nocturne, in Black and gold' (1876, Society of French Artists). 1
  • 'Nocturne in Black and Gold' (YMSM, 1980). 2

'Nocturne in Black and Gold' is the preferred title, consistent with other titles.

Description

Unknown.

Site

Possibly a Thames scene or Cremorne Gardens in London.

Notes:

1: 12th Exhibition, Society of French Artists, Deschamps Gallery, London, 1876 (cat. no. 150).

2: YMSM 1980 [more] , (cat. no. 167).

Last updated: 23rd November 2020 by Margaret