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

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Seascape

Seascape has been dated between 1890 and 1895. 1


                Seascape, Private collection
Seascape, Private collection

The butterfly signature suggested this date though the technique and colour is rather unusual. It may have been painted in Brittany in 1893. It does not, however, fit convincingly into Whistler's oeuvre at that time.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 414).

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret