The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0486
Sunset
Date
Sunset is recorded as being exhibited in Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 26).
The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 486).
Images
Sunset, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
The title 'Sunset' is clear enough, and Sidney Colvin (1845-1927) wrote that Whistler's 1874 exhibition included 'a few fine landscape and sky effects', but these have not been identified. 1
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Exhibitions
Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 26) as 'Sunset'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 486) as 'Sunset'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 26) as 'Sunset'.
Journals 1855-1905
- Colvin, Sidney, 'Exhibition of Mr Whistler's Pictures', Academy, vol. 5, 13 June 1874, pp. 672-73.
Notes:
1: Colvin, Sidney, 'Exhibition of Mr Whistler's Pictures', Academy, vol. 5, 13 June 1874, pp. 672-73.