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

 

YMSM 296
Blue and Grey: Unloading

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.150a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 8.9 x 14.8 cm (3 1/2 x 5 7/8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Small Dowdeswell, 1884 [11.1 cm]

Blue and Grey: Unloading

Blue and Grey: Unloading, Freer Gallery of Art
Blue and Grey: Unloading, Freer Gallery of Art

Blue and Grey: Unloading probably dates from 1884, before it was exhibited in 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 56). 1

Three panels very close in size, Blue and Grey: Unloading [YMSM 296], Black and Emerald: Coal Mine [YMSM 302] and Harmony in Brown and Gold: Old Chelsea Church [YMSM 305], probably date from shortly before they were exhibited in Dowdeswell's.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 296).

Last updated: 14th December 2020 by Margaret