The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0952
The Little Grocery, Chelsea; grey and red
Date
The Little Grocery, Chelsea; grey and red was first exhibited in 1884.
This work is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 952).
Images
The Little Grocery, Chelsea; grey and red, Whereabouts unknown
A Chelsea street, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Subject
Site
A street in Chelsea, a district on the north side of the Thames, in London.
A Chelsea street, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
The Daily News, on 21 May 1884, commented that it 'appears to hint in the foreground at a small black figure without legs moving on an invisible bicycle; motiveless, missionless, a joy to the artist, and also a sweet boon to the literary man.' 1 This suggests it was A Chelsea street m0953, or a very similar subject.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 8) as 'The Little Grocery, Chelsea; grey and red'.
It was mentioned in the Daily News on 21 May and the Morning Post on 24 May 1884.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 952) as 'The Little Grocery, Chelsea; grey and red'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 8) as 'The Little Grocery, Chelsea; grey and red'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Anon., 'Mr. Whistler's Gallery', Daily News, London, 21 May 1884, p. 7.
- Anon., 'Messrs Dowdeswell's Gallery', The Morning Post, London, 24 May 1884, p. 5.
Notes:
1: Anon., 'Mr. Whistler's Gallery', Daily News, London, 21 May 1884, p. 7.