The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0974
Note en gris: Dordrecht
Date
Note en gris: Dordrecht is first recorded in 1887 but may date from the preceding years.
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 974).
Images
Note en gris: Dordrecht, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Site
Presumably the town or environs of Dordrecht, in the western Netherlands, is bounded by several rivers, the Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, Nieuwe Merwede, Hollands Diep, and Dordtsche Kil, and in Whistler's time was a busy port.
Technique
Technique
This could have been an oil or watercolour.
History
Exhibitions
- 1887: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 178) as 'Note en gris: Dordrecht'.
- The painting shown in Paris could have been an oil or watercolour. See Note en gris: Dordrecht y293.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 974) as 'Note en gris: Dordrecht'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 37) as 'Blau und rosa: Dordrecht'.