The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0858
The Sea – Grey and Silver

The Sea – Grey and Silver

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper
Size: 6 9/16 x 9 9/16" (167 x 243 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: on card, `The Sea - / Gray & Silver - / Whistler - 13. Tite Street - Chelsea -' and a butterfly

Date

The Sea – Grey and Silver dates from 1881.

The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection
The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection

The watercolour is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 858).

Images

The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection
The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection

The Sea – Grey and Silver, card on verso
The Sea – Grey and Silver, card on verso

Subject

Site

The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection
The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection

Probably Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Technique

Technique

The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection
The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 858).

History

Provenance

The Sea – Grey and Silver, card on verso
The Sea – Grey and Silver, card on verso

Exhibitions

No exhibition is recorded in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1906-Present


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