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

 

YMSM 518
Green and Silver: The Great Sea

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46351
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 171 x 248 mm (6 3/8 x 9 3/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, 1890s

Green and Silver: The Great Sea

Green and Silver: The Great Sea probably dates from Whistler's sojourn in Pourville in July and August 1899. 1

Green and Silver: The Great Sea, The Hunterian
Green and Silver: The Great Sea, The Hunterian

It was probably the 'Sea piece - Pourville' listed by Whistler's ward, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), among the small panels in Whistler's studio at 8 Fitzroy Street on 16 February 1901. 2

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 518).

2: GUL BP II Ledger c, pp. 5-6.

Last updated: 13th November 2020 by Margaret