The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0858
The Sea – Grey and Silver
Date
The Sea – Grey and Silver dates from 1881.
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, card on verso
Subject
Site
The Sea – Grey and Silver, private collection
Probably Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Technique
Technique
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
- 1881: given as a wedding present to Whistler's half-nephew, Thomas Delano Whistler (1857-1921);
- 1921: bequeathed to his daughter Gwendoline (Mrs A. H. Parker);
- 1945: given to a private collector.
Exhibitions
No exhibition is recorded 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. 858) as 'The Sea – Grey and Silver.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Oils, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1934 (cat. no. 38) as 'Marine'.