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

 

YMSM 360
Gris et or

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886/1887
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil or watercolour
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Gris et or

Titles

Only one title is known:

  • 'Gris et or' (1887, Petit). 1
  • 'Gris et or' (1980, YMSM). 2

The title means 'grey and gold'.

Description

Unknown. The colours grey and gold, in the title, suggest a seascape, or an evening or twilight scene.

Gold and grey – The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht, The Hunterian
Gold and grey – The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht, The Hunterian
The Seashore, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Seashore, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Several watercolours – such as Gold and grey - The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht [M.0973] – have a similar title. The title is also applicable to several oil paintings, including The Seashore [YMSM 297].

Site

Unknown.

Sitter

Unknown.

Notes:

1: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 187).

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 360); MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1120).

Last updated: 2nd April 2019 by Margaret