The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 292
Brun et argent: La Hollande

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1886
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil or watercolour
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown
Date
Brun et argent: La Hollande dates from between 1883 and 1886, when Whistler is known to have visited Holland, and certainly before 1887 when it was exhibited at the Galerie Georges Petit. 1
Images

Brun et argent: La Hollande, Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title is known:
- 'Brun et argent: La Hollande'. 2
Whistler altered the titles of his paintings for different shows, and it is possible that this
painting was the same as Note in Grey: Holland y299, which is also unlocated.
Description
Except that it shows a scene in Holland (canal? windmills?) nothing is known of the subject.
Site
The Netherlands.
Technique
Technique
It is not known if it was an oil or a watercolour.
Conservation History
Its fate is unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Its history after 1887 is unknown.
Exhibitions
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Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 175) as 'Brun et argent: La Hollande'.
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. 292.
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 981) as 'Brun et argent: La Hollande'.
Authored by Whistler
Catalogues 1855-1905
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Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 175) as 'Brun et argent: La Hollande'.
Journals 1855-1905
Monographs
Books on Whistler
Books, General
Catalogues 1906-Present
Journals 1906-Present
Websites
Unpublished
Other
Notes:
1: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 175). See also YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no 292).
2: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 175) .