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

 

Harmony in Yellow and Brown: Sunday

Harmony in Yellow and Brown: Sunday was probably painted in 1884. 1

It was first exhibited in Whistler's one-man show, 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 42).


                Street in Old Chelsea, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Street in Old Chelsea, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Contemporary descriptions are not clear enough to identify it with certainty, but it could be Street in Old Chelsea [YMSM 249].

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 248).

Last updated: 14th November 2020 by Margaret