The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0747
Sunset note
Date
Sunset note dates from 1879/1880.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 747). The entry has been revised.
Images
Sunset note whereabouts unknown
Venice at Sunset, Portland Museum of Art
Sunset; red and gold - The Gondolier, Fogg Art Museum
Subject
Site
It is possible this was a pastel of Venice, but there is absolutely no proof of this.
Technique
Technique
The size is indicated in the 1904 Boston catalogue and memorandum in Boston Public Library. It suggests a vertical composition but this might be misleading.
Venice at Sunset, Portland Museum of Art
Sunset; red and gold - The Gondolier, Fogg Art Museum
Possible candidates if it was in horizontal format would be Venice at Sunset m0741 and Sunset; red and gold - The Gondolier m0806
History
Provenance
- By 1904: owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938).
The drawing has not been located.
Exhibitions
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 175) as 'Sunset note'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 747) as 'Sunset note'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 175) as 'Sunset note'.