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

 

YMSM 523
Grey and Gold: High Tide at Pourville

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899/1900
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.163a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 139 x 234 mm (5 3/8 x 9 1/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, 1900s

Grey and Gold: High Tide at Pourville

Grey and Gold: High Tide at Pourville, Freer Gallery of Art
Grey and Gold: High Tide at Pourville, Freer Gallery of Art

Grey and Gold: High Tide at Pourville was probably painted on Whistler's visits to Pourville-sur-mer between July and September 1899, but could date from the following summer. 1

Notes:

1: Dated 'probably 1899' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 523).

Last updated: 13th November 2020 by Margaret