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

 

YMSM 343
Grey and Silver

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Grey and Silver

Titles

Only one title is known:

  • 'Grey and silver' (1886, Dowdeswell). 1
  • 'Grey and Silver' (1980, YMSM). 2

Description

Unknown. The title 'Grey and Silver' does not clarify the subject, which could be a river scene (such as Grey and Green: A River [YMSM 295]), a seascape or beach scene (such as St Ives: The Beach [YMSM 267]), a street scene, or figure study (though the latter is less likely).

Site

Unknown.

Notes:

1: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 7).

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 343).

Last updated: 1st April 2019 by Margaret