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

 

Bleu et or: Honfleur

Bleu et or: Honfleur probably dates from the mid-1880s and was first exhibited in 1887. 1


                Grey and Gold: Honfleur, Whereabouts unknown
Grey and Gold: Honfleur, Whereabouts unknown

It is possible it was a watercolour, and should be identified with Grey and Gold: Honfleur [M.0988], as suggested by MacDonald in 1995. 2

Notes:

1: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 193). YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 361).

2: MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 988).

Last updated: 2nd April 2019 by Margaret