The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0886
Opal Beach

Opal Beach

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.170a-c
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream paper, laid down on card
Size: 6 15/16 x 9 15/16" (176 x 252 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: '7' in unknown hand

Date

Opal Beach dates from 1883/1884, and was first exhibited in 1884.

Opal Beach, Freer Gallery of Art
Opal Beach, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 886).

Images

Opal Beach, Freer Gallery of Art
Opal Beach, Freer Gallery of Art

Subject

Site

Probably off the south or Channel coast of England.

Technique

Technique

Opal Beach, Freer Gallery of Art
Opal Beach, Freer Gallery of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 886).

History

Provenance

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 886).

Exhibitions

Due to the terms of Freer's will, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1855-1905

Books on Whistler

Catalogues 1906-Present

Websites


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