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Composition
Nocturne: Black and Gold – Rag Shop, Chelsea, Fogg Art Museum
Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) recalls a night about 1881 when Whistler made a drawing which is similar in subject to Nocturne: Black and Gold - Rag Shop, Chelsea [YMSM 204] (see Nocturne: Chelsea [YMSM 235]). 1
Nocturne: Chelsea, The Hunterian
A pen drawing, Nocturne: Chelsea [M.0860] also appears to be a memory sketch of a similar subject.
Technique
Nocturne: Black and Gold – Rag Shop, Chelsea, Fogg Art Museum
It is painted on a fine canvas of irregular weave. The golden details of the lit interior of the shop are painted in creamy strokes with a small 2 mm (1/16") round brush.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
1884: the style and whereabouts of the original frame is unknown.
1899: it is possible that it was reframed for exhibition and sale, but if so, the style and whereabouts of this second frame are unknown.
Nocturne: Black and Gold – Rag Shop, Chelsea, Fogg Art Museum
1930: Flat Whistler-style frame, 63.8 x 78.1 x 6.4 cm (25 1/8 x 30 3/4 x 2 1/2"), made by M. Grieve. This was probably added when it was with Scott & Fowles, New York.
Last updated: 31st December 2020 by Margaret
