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

 

YMSM 156
Nocturne: Grey and Silver

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1875/1878
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Accession Number: 1111
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 31.1 x 51.8 cm (12 1/4 x 20 3/8")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau Whistler, signed 'F. H. Grau, London' on verso, 1892 [8.9 cm]

Nocturne: Grey and Silver

Nocturne: Grey and Silver dates from between 1875 and 1878. 1 It is possible that it was one of the 'two smaller Nocturnes' described by Whistler as 'unfinished' in his house at 2 Lindsey Row in February 1876. 2

Nocturne: Grey and Silver, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Nocturne: Grey and Silver, Philadelphia Museum of Art

It is dated from the technique, but is hard to date precisely.

Notes:

1: Dated 'About 1873/1875' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 156).

2: Whistler to Murray Marks, GUW #09300.

Last updated: 1st January 2021 by Margaret