Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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YMSM 385
The Grey House

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1889
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1903.182a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 236 x 138 mm (9 1/4 x 5 3/8")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, American, 1903
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The Grey House

The Grey House was probably painted in Amsterdam when Whistler and his wife were there in September 1889. 1

The Grey House, Freer Gallery of Art
The Grey House, Freer Gallery of Art
The Embroidered Curtain, etching & drypoint, The Hunterian, GLAHA 46999 (G451 2/10)
The Embroidered Curtain, etching & drypoint, The Hunterian, GLAHA 46999 (G451 2/10)

It shows the same scene as Jews' Quarter, Amsterdam [449] and The Embroidered Curtain [451], which date from 1889.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 385).

Last updated: 25th October 2020 by Margaret