The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0988
Grey and Gold: Honfleur
Date
Grey and Gold: Honfleur dates from 1884/1885.
Grey and Gold: Honfleur, photograph, Thomson 1897, repr.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 988).
Images
Grey and Gold: Honfleur, photograph, Thomson 1897, repr.
Subject
Site
Grey and Gold: Honfleur, photograph, Thomson 1897, repr.
Honfleur, a town, port and resort at the mouth of the Seine, France.
Technique
Technique
Grey and Gold: Honfleur, photograph, Thomson 1897, repr.
It is know to the authors only from a black and white photograph. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 988).
History
Provenance
- 1897: 'Grey and Gold, Honfleur' was owned by Professor Emil Sauer (1862-1942) until at least 1905.
Exhibitions
- 1887: possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 193) as 'Bleu et or: Honfleur' although that may have been an oil.
- 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 139) as 'Honfleur, grey and silver'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 988) as 'Grey and Gold: Honfleur'.
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 361).
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 193) as 'Bleu et or: Honfleur' although that may have been an oil.
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 139) as 'Honfleur, grey and silver'.
Journals 1906-Present
- Thomson, David Croal, ‘New Pictures by Mr. Whistler’,Art Journal, January 1897, pp. 10-11, at p. 11, repr. p. 10.