The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

The Little Alley: Grey may have dated from 1884. ¹ It was first exhibited at Messrs Dowdeswell's in 1884 (cat. no. 60) as 'The Little Alley; grey'.

Images

Subject

Titles

Only one title, with variations in punctuation, is known:

• 'The Little Alley; grey' (1884, Dowdeswell). ²
• 'The Little Alley: Grey' (1980, YMSM). ³

The preferred title is 'The Little Alley: Grey'.

Description

Judging from the title, it showed a narrow alley or street.

Site

Possibly St Ives, Cornwall, or Chelsea, London. A similar subject and colour (or lack of colour) appears in A Grey Note: Village Street y265.

A Grey Note: Village Street

Technique

Technique

Unknown.

Conservation History

Nothing is known of the fate of this painting.

History

Provenance

Nothing is known of the history of this painting.

Exhibitions

• 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 60) as 'The Little Alley; grey'.

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. 291) as 'The Little Alley: Grey'.

Authored by Whistler

• None.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 60) as 'The Little Alley; grey'.

Journals 1855-1905

• None.

Monographs

• None.

Books on Whistler

• None.

Books, General

• None.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Myers, Kenneth John, Mr. Whistler’s Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 94 (not in exhibition).

Journals 1906-Present

• None.

Websites

• None.

Unpublished

• Revillon, Joseph Whistler, Draft Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of J. McN. Whistler, [ca 1945-1955], Glasgow University Library (cat. no. 337).

Other

• None.