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

 

YMSM 272
Pink and Opal: Harbour

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 025.2008
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 124 x 222 mm (4 7/8 x 8 3/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Pink and Opal: Harbour

Pink and Opal: Harbour probably dates from Whistler's painting trip to Cornwall between January and March 1884. 1

Pink and Opal: Harbour, Colby College Museum of Art
Pink and Opal: Harbour, Colby College Museum of Art

It was first exhibited in Whistler's one-man show 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 12).

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 272).

Last updated: 17th April 2021 by Margaret