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

 

YMSM 537
Grey and Gold: The Golden Bay, Ireland

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900
Collection: Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Accession Number: 1981.5
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 140 x 235 mm (5 1/2 x 9 1/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Grey and Gold: The Golden Bay, Ireland

Grey and Gold: The Golden Bay, Ireland dates from Whistler's visit to Sutton, near Dublin, from August to September 1900. 1

Grey and Gold: The Golden Bay, Ireland, Hunter Museum of American Art
Grey and Gold: The Golden Bay, Ireland, Hunter Museum of American Art

'Sea piece: Dublin Bay' was listed by Whistler’s sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), in Whistler’s studio on 16 February 1901. 2

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 537).

2: GUL Whistler BP II Ledger c, pp. 5-6.

Last updated: 18th October 2020 by Margaret