The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0918
St Ives: Sunset

St Ives: Sunset

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.116a-c
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream wove paper, tipped down on card
Size: 4 13/16 x 6 3/4" (122 x 171 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Date

St Ives: Sunset dates from Whistler's painting expedition to Cornwall between January and March 1884.

St Ives: Sunset, Freer Gallery of Art
St Ives: Sunset, Freer Gallery of Art

This work was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 918).

Images

St Ives: Sunset, Freer Gallery of Art
St Ives: Sunset, Freer Gallery of Art

Subject

Site

St Ives: Sunset, Freer Gallery of Art
St Ives: Sunset, Freer Gallery of Art

Near the fishing town of St Ives in Cornwall, south-west England.

Technique

Technique

See technical details in Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.

Conservation History

The sheet is slightly browned at the edges.

History

Provenance

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 918).

Exhibitions

By the terms of Freer's will, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1855-1905

Books on Whistler

Catalogues 1906-Present

Websites


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