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

 

Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Provenance

Unknown.

Exhibitions

  • 1876: 12th Exhibition, Society of French Artists, Deschamps Gallery, London, 1876 (cat. no. 145) as 'Nocturne in Blue and Silver'.

The 'Nocturne in Blue and Silver', described as 'a girl leaning on a balustrade and looking out over a moonlit sea full of feeling and poetry', has not been identified. 1


                    Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Bognor, Freer Gallery of Art
Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Bognor, Freer Gallery of Art

One other seascape was exhibited with the Society of French Artists in 1876: Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Bognor [YMSM 100], reproduced above

Notes:

1: Anon., 'Fine Art Exhibitions in London', The Glasgow Herald, Glasgow, 25 April 1876, p. 3.

Last updated: 15th January 2020 by Margaret