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

 

M.1043
Arrangement in blue and silver - The Great Sea

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper laid down on card
Size: 6 15/16 x 9 15/16" (176 x 253 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Arrangement in blue and silver - The Great Sea

Technique

Arrangement in blue and silver – The Great Sea, Private Collection
Arrangement in blue and silver – The Great Sea, Private Collection

A spectacular display of brushwork, subtle colour, and supreme technical skill!

See discussion in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1043).

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret