The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Nocturne in Black and Gold probably dates from 1876 and was first exhibited in that year, at the 12th Exhibition, Society of French Artists, Deschamps Gallery, London, 1876 (cat. no. 150). ¹

Cremorne, No. 1, Fogg Art Museum

Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Gardens, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water, Freer Gallery of Art

Possible candidates for exhibits under this title in 1876 include Cremorne, No. 1 y163 and Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Gardens y166. It is less likely that it was Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel y169 or Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket y170. It could well have been Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water y179. All date from the mid 1870s.

Images

Subject

Titles

Only one title is known, with varying punctuation:

• 'Nocturne, in Black and gold' (1876, Society of French Artists). ²
• 'Nocturne in Black and Gold' (YMSM, 1980). ³

'Nocturne in Black and Gold' is the preferred title, consistent with other titles.

Description

Unknown.

Site

Possibly a Thames scene or Cremorne Gardens in London.

Technique

Technique

Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water, Freer Gallery of Art

Unknown, but see the extremely dark and thinly painted oil, Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water y179, a possible candidate for this Nocturne.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

History

Provenance

Unknown.

Exhibitions

• 1876: 12th Exhibition, Society of French Artists, Deschamps Gallery, London, 1876 (cat. no. 150) as 'Nocturne, in Black and gold'.

Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water, Freer Gallery of Art

It is possible that Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water y179 was the work exhibited in 1876.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 167) as 'Nocturne in Black and Gold'.

Authored by Whistler

• None.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• 12th Exhibition, Society of French Artists, Deschamps Gallery, London, 1876 (cat. no. 150) as 'Nocturne, in Black and gold'.

Newspapers 1855-1905

• Anon., 'Exhibition of Pictures by Modern French Artists', The Examiner, 6 May 1876, p. 522.

Journals 1855-1905

• None.

Monographs

• None.

Books on Whistler

• None.

Books, General

• None.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• None.

Journals 1906-Present

• None.

Websites

• None.

Unpublished

• None.

Other

• None.