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

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YMSM 385
The Grey House

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1889
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1903.182a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 236 x 138 mm (9 1/4 x 5 3/8")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, American, 1903

The Grey House

Provenance

  • 1903: bought from Whistler by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit, July 1903, for £150;
  • 1919: bequeathed by C. L. Freer to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime. By the terms of C. L. Freer's bequest to the Freer Gallery of Art, the painting cannot be lent.

Last updated: 25th October 2020 by Margaret