The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 344
Note in Gold and Blue: France
Date
Note in Gold and Blue: France may date from 1885 or 1886. 1 It was shown in Whistler's one-man show 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 31).
Images
Note in Gold and Blue: France, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title is known, with minor changes in punctuation:
- 'Note in gold and blue – France' (1886, Dowdeswell). 2
- 'Note in Gold and Blue: France' (1980, YMSM).
'Note in Gold and Blue: France' is the preferred form of the title.
Description
Unknown. The title suggests a beach scene.
Site
Unknown. It is just possible that it was the same painting shown in the Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 193) as 'Bleu et or: Honfleur' (but see Bleu et or: Honfleur y361).
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 31) as 'Note in gold and blue – France' .
- 1887: Possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 193) as 'Bleu et or: Honfleur'.
Estimated by Dowdeswell at £25.0.0 but priced £30.0.0 by Whistler. 3 It may also have been shown in Paris in 1887, but see Bleu et or: Honfleur y361.
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. 344) as 'Note in Gold and Blue: France'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 31) as 'Note in gold and blue – France'.
- Possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 193) as 'Bleu et or: Honfleur'.
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Unpublished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.
Notes:
1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 344).
2: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 31).
3: Annotated catalogue, GUI. Whistler EC 1886.