Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1041) as 'The Opal Sea'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 111) as 'The Opal Sea'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

EXHIBITION:

• MacDonald, Margaret F., Notes, Harmonies, and Nocturnes: Small Works by James McNeill Whistler, M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York, 1984 (cat. no. 128) repr.
• Contemplating the American Watercolor: Selections from the Transco Energy Company Collection, Houston, Texas, touring show starting in The Denver Art Museum, Denver, and ending in The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, and other Japanese venues, 1985-1992, repr. pl. 16.

SALE:

• Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1992 (lot 38) as 'Seascape, Dieppe'.