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

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YMSM 174
Nocturne: Grey and Gold – Chelsea Snow

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 1943.172
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 47.2 x 62.5 cm (18 5/8 x 24 5/8")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Flat Whistler style, American, M. Grieve, ca 1930 [14.3 cm]

Nocturne: Grey and Gold – Chelsea Snow

Technique

Nocturne: Grey and Gold – Chelsea Snow, Fogg Art Museum
Nocturne: Grey and Gold – Chelsea Snow, Fogg Art Museum

The canvas, of medium-coarse weave, is roughly equivalent to the French 'toile de 12' (46 x 61cm) in size. It was painted with long strokes of a wide brush, the paint rather thick, except for the thin paint dripping over the solitary figure. This figure was added in black after the background had dried.

Conservation History

n/a

Frame

Nocturne: Grey and Gold – Chelsea Snow, Fogg Art Museum
Nocturne: Grey and Gold – Chelsea Snow, Fogg Art Museum

1878: the style and whereabouts of the original frame (s) are unknown.

1892: reframed by Frederick Henry Grau (1859-1892) for Whistler's Goupil exhibition of 1892.

ca 1930: reframed by M. Grieve, Flat Whistler style.

Last updated: 9th April 2021 by Margaret