Titles

Several variations on the title have been suggested:

• 'Gray and Green: a River' (1914, Knoedler). 1
• 'Grey and Green: A River' (1980, YMSM). 2
• 'View of the Harbor at Dordrecht: Grey and Green' (2015, Colby College Museum of Art). 3

Although the scene may be Dordrecht, the earliest title, 'Grey and Green: A River' is preferred.

Description

A view across a wide river, in horizontal format. Several small sailing boats and barges are out in mid-stream. On the far bank there are trees. The water is greenish grey and the sky grey.

Site

This may have been painted near Dordrecht, where Whistler painted a number of pictures, both in oil and watercolour (see Note en gris: Dordrecht [YMSM 293] and Bleu et argent: Dordrecht [YMSM 294]), and etchings such as Barges, Dordrecht [262].