The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 362
Gris et or: La Pluie en mer
Date
Gris et or: La Pluie en mer probably dates from the mid-1880s and was first exhibited in 1887. 1
It is possible that it was the watercolour Blue and grey - Sea and Showers m1054 exhibited at Messrs Dowdeswell's in 1886. 2
Images
Gris et or: La Pluie en mer, Whereabouts Unknown
Gold and Grey – The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht, The Hunterian
Subject
Titles
Possible titles are as follows:
- Possibly 'Blue and grey – Sea and Showers' (1886, Dowdeswell). 3
- 'Gris et or: La Pluie en mer' (1887, Petit). 4
- 'Gris et or: La Pluie en mer' (1980, YMSM). 5
The title is translated as 'Grey and gold: rain on the sea'.
Description
A seascape, and probably in horizontal format.
Site
Unknown.
Gold and Grey – The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht, The Hunterian
Among watercolours with similar subjects, Grey and Gold - Off Holland m0939, and Gold and grey - The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht m0973 suggest Dutch sites. The fact that it is not known if the painting under discussion, Gris et or: La Pluie en mer, was an oil or watercolour does not help establish the site or date!
Technique
Technique
It is not known if this was an oil or watercolour. It is possible that it was the watercolour Blue and grey - Sea and Showers m1054. 6
Conservation History
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: possibly 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 10) as 'Blue and grey – Sea and Showers', a watercolour.
- 1887: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 194) as 'Gris et or: La Pluie en mer'.
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. 362) as 'Gris et or: La Pluie en mer'.
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1054) as 'Gris et or: La Pluie en mer'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 10) as 'Blue and grey – Sea and Showers', a watercolour.
- Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 194) as 'Gris et or: La Pluie en mer'.
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: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 194). YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 362).
2: MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1054).
3: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 10), a watercolour.
4: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 194).
5: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 362).
6: MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1054).