The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1044
Blue and Silver
Date
Blue and Silver dates from about 1885.
Blue and Silver, Parrish Art Museum
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1044).
Images
Blue and Silver, Parrish Art Museum
Subject
Site
Blue and Silver, Parrish Art Museum
Not known: possibly on the French coast near Dieppe.
Technique
Technique
Blue and Silver, Parrish Art Museum
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1044).
Frame
It was framed 1888/1892 by Frederick Henry Grau (1859-1892).
History
Provenance
- 1954: bought from Stephen Hahn (1921–2011), art dealer and collector, by Knoedler's, New York art dealers;
- 1958: bought by Alfred Corning Clark (1916-1961);
- 1958: given by Mr and Mrs A. C. Clark to the Parrish Art Museum.
The early provenance is unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1885: possibly Winter Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1885 (cat. no. 549) as 'Blue 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. 1044) as 'Blue and Silver'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly Winter Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1885 (cat. no. 549) as 'Blue and Silver'.