The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

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

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

• 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

• None.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 175) as 'Brun et argent: La Hollande'.

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Unpublished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.