The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0980
Blue and silver - Holland
Date
Blue and silver – Holland was first exhibited in 1886.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 980).
Images
Blue and silver – Holland, Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Site
Blue and silver – Holland was, judging by the title, painted in the Netherlands. The colours suggest blue sky or water but that is only a guess.
Technique
Technique
Unknown. The New York Times on 3 March 1889 described it as 'slight.' 1
History
Provenance
Its history after 1889 is unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 14) as 'Blue and silver – Holland'.
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 23) as 'Blue and silver – Holland'.
The New York Times on 3 March 1889 described it as 'charming, slight as it is.' 2 This does not help in identifying it. It was priced at 25 guineas, but remained unsold, and was returned after the exhibition by Wunderlich's on the SS Servia. 3
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 980) as 'Blue and silver – Holland'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 14) as 'Blue and silver – Holland'.
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 23) as 'Blue and silver – Holland'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Anon., 'Etchings, Drawings, Pastels', New York Times, New York, 3 March 1889, p. 5.
Notes:
1: Anon., 'Etchings, Drawings, Pastels', New York Times, New York, 3 March 1889, p. 5.
2: Anon., 'Etchings, Drawings, Pastels', New York Times, New York, 3 March 1889, p. 5.
3: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.