The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Nocturne dates from 1883/1888.

Nocturne, Private Collection

This work is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 912).

Images

Subject

Site

Nocturne, Private Collection

Probably the River Thames, London.

Technique

Technique

Nocturne, Private Collection

Although drawn later, the subject and treatment (fine, intricate penwork combined with wash) relate closely to Whistler's Venice etchings, particularly Nocturne [222], which were then being printed.

History

Provenance

• 1972: sold by Spink, London dealers, to a private collector.

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition 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. 912) as 'Nocturne'.