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

 

The Sea, Pourville

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 520), plate 333, as 'The Sea, Pourville'.

Authored by Whistler

  • None.

Catalogues 1855-1905

  • None.

Journals 1855-1905

  • None.

Monographs

  • None.

Books on Whistler

  • None.

Books, General

  • Regard sur cinq années d'expositions (Five years of Exhibitions at a Glance), Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago, 1997, repr. p. 70.

Catalogues 1906-Present

EXHIBITION:

  • Young, A. McLaren, James McNeill Whistler, Arts Council Gallery, London, and Knoedler Galleries, New York, 1960 (cat. no. 74) as ‘The Sea, Pourville’, repr.
  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Notes, Harmonies, and Nocturnes: Small Works by James McNeill Whistler, M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York, 1984 (cat. no. 122) repr.
  • Atkinson, D. Scott et al., A Proud Heritage: Two Centuries of American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 1987.
  • An American Revelation: The Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 1988.
  • Whistler and His Circle, Minnesota Museum of Art, Minneapolis, 1989.
  • Gerdts, William H. et al., Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915. (Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny; Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago, 1992, pp. 38-39, fig. 27.
  • Regard sur James Abbott McNeill Whistler (James Abbott McNeill Whistler at a Glance), Musée d'Art Américain, Giverny, 1994.
  • American Treasures: Chase, Whistler and the Prendergasts, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 1996-1997.
  • The Decorative Form: The Aesthetic Movement, Arts & Crafts and the Asian Influence in American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 1999.
  • Rivières et rivages: les artistes américains, 1850–1900 (Waves and Waterways: American Perspectives, 1850–1900), Musée d'Art Américain, Giverny, 2000.
  • Selections from the Permanent Collection: American Artists in France, 1860–1910, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 2001.
  • A Place on the Avenue: Terra Museum of American Art Celebrates 15 Years in Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 2002-2003.
  • Modern Harmonies: Whistler Reflects on his Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 2003.
  • Studied Abroad: Painted Impressions from the Collection, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 2003-2004.
  • Le Temps des loisirs: peintures américaines (At Leisure: American Paintings), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, 2007-2008.
  • Un été au bord de l’eau: Loisirs et impressionnisme, musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, and la Réunion des musées nationaux, Grand Palais, Paris, 2013 (cat. no. 30), p. 81, repr.
  • American Impressionism: a New Vision, 1880-1900 (Une nouvelle lumière: les américains face à l’impressionnisme/ Impresionismo Americano) (French & Spanish titles), Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny, and Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, 2014; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2015.
  • Gallery Installation, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2015-2016.

SALE:

  • Christie's, London, 5 March 1965 (lot 141B) as 'The Sea, Pourville'.

Journals 1906-Present

  • 'J. W.', 'The Sale Room', Apollo, vol. 72, May 1965, p. 421, repr.
  • 'Whistler at Knoedler,' Apollo, vol. 120, December 1984, p. 428, pl. XI.

Websites

  • Terra Foundation for American Art website at https://collection.terraamericanart.org.

Unpublished

  • None.

Other

  • None.

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret