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

 

YMSM 280
Low Tide

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884/1886
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.156a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 13.8 x 23.5 cm (5 3/8 x 9 1/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Large Dowdeswell, 1884 [14.1 cm]

Low Tide

Low Tide was probably painted between 1884 and 1886. 1

Low Tide, Freer Gallery of Art
Low Tide, Freer Gallery of Art
La Petite Maison rouge, The Hunterian
La Petite Maison rouge, The Hunterian

It is dated from the butterfly signature, the technique, and similarity to other paintings of the period, particularly La Petite Maison rouge [YMSM 281], though both of these paintings are difficult to date.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 280).

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret