The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1045
Blue and Silver - Afternoon, the Channel
Date
Blue and Silver – Afternoon, the Channel dates from about 1885.
Blue and Silver – Afternoon, the Channel, Private Collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1045).
Images
Blue and Silver – Afternoon, the Channel, Private Collection
Subject
Site
Blue and Silver – Afternoon, the Channel, Private Collection
A seascape, showing the British Channel, between Britain and France.
Technique
Technique
Blue and Silver – Afternoon, the Channel, Private Collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1045).
History
Provenance
- 1903: 'Blue & Silver - Afternoon. The Channel' bought on 8 May from Whistler by Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914).
- 1914: sold to Knoedler's, New York art dealers, 12 March;
- 1914: bought in March by Roland F. Knoedler (1856-1932) for his wife Louise Knoedler.
- 1976: bought on 22 June by Wunderlich's, New York dealers, from a private collector;
- 1978: bought by Coe Kerr, New York dealers;
- 1984: sold to a private collector.
See further provenance see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1045).
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 113) as 'Blue and Silver "Afternoon – The Channel" '.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1045) as 'Blue and Silver – Afternoon, the Channel'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 113) as 'Blue and Silver "Afternoon – The Channel" '.