The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1051
Gold and grey - The English Coast
Date
Gold and grey – The English Coast was exhibited in 1886.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1051).
Images
Gold and grey – The English Coast, Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Site
Judging by the title, this was a scene on the coast of England, which hardly narrows it down: the south or channel coasts, or north-west coast of England are all possible.
Technique
Technique
Unknown. The Illustrated London News expressed 'unfeigned admiration' for 'The English Coast', and enquired how Whistler achieved 'that marvellous transparency of colour which he can throw at times into his sea and air.' 1
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 5) as 'Gold and grey – The English Coast'.
It is possible this was Grey and Silver - Liverpool m0913.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1051).
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 5) as 'Gold and grey – The English Coast'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Anon., 'The Whistler Exhibition', Illustrated London News, London, 15 May 1886, p. 14.
Notes:
1: Anon., 'The Whistler Exhibition', Illustrated London News, London, 15 May 1886, p. 14.