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

 

YMSM 153
Nocturne

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1875/1878
Collection: White House Collection, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 962.303.1
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 50.6 x 76.7 cm (18 15/16 x 30 3/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau style, after 1903

Nocturne

Nocturne dates from between 1875 and 1878. 1

Nocturne, The White House, Washington, DC
Nocturne, The White House, Washington, DC

It is somewhat difficult to date, but is dated from its technique and in comparison to other Nocturnes of the period.

Notes:

1: 'Probably painted 1872/8', YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 153).

Last updated: 22nd May 2021 by Margaret