The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1203
Beach Scene
Date
Beach Scene was exhibited in New York in 1889.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1203).
Images
Beach Scene, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
The New York Tribune on 17 March 1889 described a beach scene on exhibition, which may have been this, 'one little study of smooth, oily water rolling lazily up on a dark beach. The water and foggy atmosphere are realized with fine tact.'
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889.
The New York Tribune on 17 March 1889 commented on a beach scene then on exhibition: 'Sometimes there is a truthfulness of effect which must impress even the captious, as in one little study of smooth, oily water rolling lazily up on a dark beach.'
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1203) as 'Beach Scene'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- New York Tribune, New York, 17 March 1889.