The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0479
Old Wharf
Date
Old Wharf may have dated from the 1870s, but was only recorded in Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 187).
The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 479).
Images
Old Wharf, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Site
Probably the River Thames, London.
Technique
Composition
This may have been related to Whistler's Thames set etchings, such as Thames Warehouses [46] and Black Lion Wharf [54].
History
Provenance
- 1903: with William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London art dealer.
Exhibitions
- 1903: Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 187).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no 479) as 'Old Wharf'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 187) as 'Old Wharf'.