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

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YMSM 117
Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Southampton Water

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: Stickney Fund, 1900.52
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 50.3 x 76 cm (19 7/8 x 30")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '187[2?]'
Frame: Grau-style, American, ca 1919

Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Southampton Water

Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Southampton Water probably dates from 1872. 1

Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Southampton Water, Art Institute of Chicago
Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Southampton Water, Art Institute of Chicago

It appears to be dated '1872' on the faint cartouche at lower right, but the last number is indistinct. It was probably first exhibited in the 6th Winter Exhibition of Cabinet Pictures in Oil, Dudley Gallery, London, 1872 (cat. no. 187) as 'Nocturne in Grey and Gold'.

Notes:

1: '1871/2' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 117).

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