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

Home  > Catalogue > People > Ernst Svend David Goldschmidt (related works) > Catalogue entry

YMSM 287
Grey and Silver: Mist – Life Boat

Date: 1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1914.1a-c
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 12.3 x 21.6 cm (4 7/8 x 8 1/2")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: replica Dowdeswell, American, W. Lewin, 2004

Grey and Silver: Mist – Life Boat

Grey and Silver: Mist – Life Boat was probably painted at St Ives, where Whistler worked between January and March 1884. 1

Grey and Silver: Mist – Life Boat, Freer Gallery of Art
Grey and Silver: Mist – Life Boat, Freer Gallery of Art

It was first exhibited shortly on Whistler's return, in his one-man show of 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 54).

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 287).

Last updated: 2nd April 2021 by Margaret