The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0474
r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne; v.: Illegible (skyline?)
Date
r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne; v.: Illegible (skyline?) date from 1872/1875.
r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 474).
Images
r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
v.: Illegible (skyline?), Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights, Tate Britain, London
Subject
Site
r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Battersea, on the south side of the River Thames, London, as seen from in or near Whistler's house in Chelsea.
Technique
Composition
r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights, Tate Britain, London
A similar view is seen in several nocturnes including Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights y115.
Conservation History
The drawing was torn across by Whistler and repaired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913).
History
Provenance
- 1870s: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) and passed to his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913);
- 1913: bequeathed to his widow Amy Ellen Cox, Mrs T. R. Way (1865-1949);
- 1913: sent for sale to Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1913 (lot 59) as 'View on the Thames', but not sold.
- Date unknown: acquired by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930);
- 1930: bequeathed to his daughter Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973);
- 1965: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot 33) and bought by Knoedler's, New York art dealers;
- 1969: bought by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute.
Exhibitions
- It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no 474) as 'r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne; v.: Illegible (skyline?)'.
Books on Whistler
- Way, Thomas Robert, Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist, London and New York, 1912, pp. 14-15, repr. p. 14.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Merrill, Linda, et al., After Whistler: The Artist and His Influence on American Painting, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2003, p. 70, repr. fig. 61 (not exhibited).