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

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M.0858
The Sea – Grey and Silver

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper
Size: 6 9/16 x 9 9/16" (167 x 243 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: on card, `The Sea - / Gray & Silver - / Whistler - 13. Tite Street - Chelsea -' and a butterfly

The Sea – Grey and Silver

Provenance

The Sea – Grey and Silver, card on verso
The Sea – Grey and Silver, card on verso

  • 1881: given as a wedding present to Whistler's half-nephew, Thomas Delano Whistler (1857-1921) ;
  • 1921: bequeathed to his daughter Gwendoline (Mrs A. H. Parker);
  • 1945: given to a private collector.

Exhibitions

No exhibition is recorded in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret