The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 345
Little Grey Note
Date
Little Grey Note may date from 1886 and was first exhibited in that year. 1
Images
Little Grey Note, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title is known:
- 'Little grey note' (1886, Dowdeswell). 2
- 'Little Grey Note' (1980, YMSM). 3
Description
Unknown. It is slightly more likely to be a town- or seascape than a figure study.
Site
Unknown.
Sitter
Unknown.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 39) as 'Little grey note'.
It was priced modestly by Whistler at £30.0.0. 4
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. 345) as 'Little Grey Note'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 39) as 'Little grey note'.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
Monographs
- None.
Books on Whistler
- None.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
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Unpublished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. 338).
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 39). YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 345).
2: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 39).
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 345).
4: Annotated catalogue, GUL Whistler EC 1886.