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

 

M.1058
Pink and silver - Chelsea, the Embankment

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
Accession Number: 1955.1533
Medium: watercolour
Support: white wove paper
Size: 4 15/16 x 8 1/2" (126 x 216 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Chelsea Embankment./ James McNeill Whistler./ from the Exh. of Whistler's works, at Wunderlich's Gallery, 1889.' written by A. C. Clark, and 'Writing of Alfred Corning Clark, R. S. Clark.' written by R. S. C1ark,

Pink and silver - Chelsea, the Embankment

Pink and silver – Chelsea, the Embankment dates from 1885, and was done when Whistler was out walking with Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913). 1

Pink and silver – Chelsea, the Embankment, Clark Art Institute
Pink and silver – Chelsea, the Embankment, Clark Art Institute

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1058).

Notes:

1: Way 1912 [more] , p. 72.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret