The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1181
Grey and Green - near Chenonceau
Date
Grey and Green – near Chenonceau dates from the autumn of 1888 and was exhibited in the following year.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1181).
Images
Grey and Green – near Chenonceau, Whereabouts unknown
Studies of heads and of the Château at Chenonceau, Glasgow University Library
Subject
Site
Studies of heads and of the Château at Chenonceau, Glasgow University Library
The Château de Chenonceau spans the River Cher, near the village of Chenonceaux in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. James and Beatrice Whistler were on their honeymoon and may have been staying in Tours. They spent some time in the area: a sketch by Whistler, reproduced above, shows the Château at Chenonceau, as does an etching, Château Touraine [410].
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 2) as 'Grey and Green – near Chenonceau'.
It was priced at 30 guineas in 1889, but remained unsold, and was returned 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. 1181).
Catalogues 1855-1905
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 2) as 'Grey and Green - near Chenonceau'.
Notes:
1: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., Wunderlich to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.