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

 

YMSM 155
Nocturne in Grey and Gold

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1878
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: unknown
Medium: oil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Nocturne in Grey and Gold

Nocturne in Grey and Gold dates from the 1870s, possibly between 1872 and 1878. 1 It is assumed to date from between 1871 and 1878, when most of Whistler's Nocturnes were painted.

On 5 November 1878 Whistler asked Algernon Graves (1845-1922) to send a 'Nocturne in Grey and Gold' from their galleries to Lucas (Luke) Alexander Ionides (1837-1924) , and this picture was 'received and sold' by Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890). 2

Notes:

1: 'Probably painted in the 1870s', according to YMSM 1980 [more] , cat. no. 155.

2: 5 November 1878, GUW #10913.

Last updated: 22nd May 2021 by Margaret