The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0985
Blue and Gold: Havre
Date
Blue and Gold: Havre probably dates from 1887/1889.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 985).
Images
Blue and Gold: Havre,Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Site
Le Havre, France, a town on the Seine opposite Honfleur. Whistler painted several works there including Yellow and Silver: Havre m0984, Stimmung in Blau und Silber: Havre m0986 and Blue and Silver: Honfleur m0987.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown
Exhibitions
- 1887: probably Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 189) as 'Bleu et or: Le Havre' although that might possibly have been an oil.
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 10) as 'Blue and Gold – Havre'.
It was priced at 30 guineas in 1889, but remained unsold, and was returned to Whistler after the exhibition by Wunderlich's on the SS Servia. 1
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 985) as 'Blue and Gold: Havre'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Probably Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 189) as 'Bleu et or: Le Havre'.
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 10) as 'Blue and Gold – Havre'.
Notes:
1: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.