The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0819
Fishing Boats

Fishing Boats

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Accession Number: 1956.104
Medium: chalk, charcoal and pastel
Support: brown paper laid down on board
Size: 11 7/16-11 5/8 x 7 7/8-7 15/16" (290-296 x 200-202 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Huth Trust 9: 2960.1935' in an unknown hand

Date

Fishing Boats dates from 1880.

Fishing Boats, Cincinnati Art Museum
Fishing Boats, Cincinnati Art Museum

The pastel is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 819).

Images

Fishing Boats, Cincinnati Art Museum
Fishing Boats, Cincinnati Art Museum

Subject

Site

Fishing Boats, Cincinnati Art Museum
Fishing Boats, Cincinnati Art Museum

Looking south from the Casa Jankowitz towards the islands on the lagoon, Venice, Italy. 1

Technique

Technique

Fishing Boats, Cincinnati Art Museum
Fishing Boats, Cincinnati Art Museum

The butterfly signature may be a later addition.

History

Provenance

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 819).

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Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1855-1905

Newspapers 1855-1905

Journals 1855-1905

Books on Whistler

Catalogues 1906-Present

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Notes:

1: Grieve 2000 [more], pp. 121-22, repr. pl. 146, view repr. pl. 145.