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

Provenance

  • 1889: bought from Wunderlich's, New York, by Alfred Corning Clark (1844-1896);
  • 1896: passed by family descent to his son, Robert Sterling Clark (1877-1956) ;
  • 1919: R. S. Clark married Francine Clark;
  • 1955: given by R. S. Clark to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Insitute.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1058).

Exhibitions

  • 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 8) as 'Pink and silver – Chelsea, the Embankment'.
  • 1887: Probably Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 176) as 'Blanc et argent: Le Quai (Chelsea)'.
  • 1888: Possibly III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 36) as 'Grau und Silber: Chelsea'.
  • 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 6) as 'Grey and Silver – Chelsea Embankment'.

The New York Herald, 2 March 1889, described it as 'worthy of particular mention ... a scene in watercolor on the Chelsea Embankment'.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret