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

 

Beach Scene

Provenance

Unknown.

Exhibitions

  • 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889.

The New York Tribune on 17 March 1889 commented on a beach scene then on exhibition: 'Sometimes there is a truthfulness of effect which must impress even the captious, as in one little study of smooth, oily water rolling lazily up on a dark beach.'

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret