The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 359
Gris et argent: Chelsea
Date
Gris et argent: Chelsea probably dates from the mid-1880s, between 1886 and 1887, and was first exhibited in 1887. 1
Images
Gris et argent: Chelsea, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title is known:
- 'Gris et argent: Chelsea' (1887, Petit). 2
- 'Gris et argent: Chelsea' (1980, YMSM). 3
Description
Unknown. This is likely to have been a street scene, possibly a nocturne like the watercolour Nocturne in grey and gold - Piccadilly m0862.
Site
Chelsea, London, UK.
Technique
Technique
It is not known if it was an oil or watercolour.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1887: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 172) as 'Gris et argent: Chelsea'.
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. 359) as 'Gris et argent: Chelsea'.
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1119) as 'Gris et argent: Chelsea'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 172) as 'Gris et argent: Chelsea'.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
General
Monographs
- None.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 172). YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 359).
2: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 172).
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 359); MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1119).