The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0483
r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge'; v.: Seated nude, man in top hat; figure, buildings
Date
r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge'; v.: Seated nude, man in top hat; figure, buildings date from 1872/1873. It shows the Albert Bridge, which opened in 1873, under construction.
r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge', Albright-Knox Art Gallery
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 483), dated '1872/4'.
Images
r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge', Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge, The Hunterian
v.: Seated nude, man in top hat; figure, buildings, not reproduced.
Subject
Site
r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge', Albright-Knox Art Gallery
The Albert Bridge (still under construction) and Old Battersea Bridge over the Thames in Chelsea, London.
Technique
Composition
r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge', Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge, The Hunterian
This is a study for Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge y139.
History
Provenance
- 1924: sold at auction, Anderson Galleries, New York, 3-4 April 1924 (lot 293).
- Date unknown: acquired by George Forman Goodyear (1906-2002), Buffalo, NY;
- 1958: given by Goodyear to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
No further provenance has been established. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 483).
Exhibitions
- 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 36) as 'Old Battersea Bridge' or (cat. no. 4) as 'Design for Screen'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 483) as 'r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge'; v.: Seated nude, man in top hat; figure, buildings'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 36) as 'Old Battersea Bridge' or (cat. no. 4) as 'Design for Screen'.
Websites
- Albright-Knox website at https://www.albrightknox.org as 'Old Battersea Bridge'.