The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0984
Yellow and Silver: Havre
Date
Yellow and Silver: Havre was first exhibited in 1885.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 984).
Images
Yellow and Silver: Havre,Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Site
The French town of Le Havre at the mouth of the river Seine opposite Honfleur. Whistler painted several works there including Blue and Gold: Havre m0985, Stimmung in Blau und Silber: Havre m0986 and Blue and Silver: Honfleur m0987.
Technique
Technique
The Illustrated London News, 25 April 1885, described it as 'delicate in treatment'.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1885: The sixty-second Annual Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1885 (cat. no. 621) as 'Yellow and Silver: Havre'.
It was reviewed in the Morning Post and Illustrated London News, on 25 April 1885.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 984) as 'Yellow and Silver: Havre'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- The sixty-second Annual Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1885 (cat. no. 621) as 'Yellow and Silver: Havre'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Anon., 'The Society of British Artists', Morning Post, London, 28 April 1885, p. 5..
- Illustrated London News, London, 25 April 1885.
- Anon., 'Society of British Artists', The Daily News, London, 27 April 1885, p. 7.