Date
Nocturne; grey and gold – Canal; Holland dates from 1883/1884.

Nocturne; grey and gold – Canal; Holland, Freer Gallery of Art
This work is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 945).
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Nocturne; grey and gold – Canal; Holland, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Site

Nocturne; grey and gold – Canal; Holland, Freer Gallery of Art
The city of Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands.
Technique
Technique
See technical details in Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.
History
Provenance
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1884/1886: bought from Messrs Dowdeswell by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934);
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1902: bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in June;
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1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 945).
Exhibitions
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1884: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 3) as 'Nocturne; grey and gold – Canal; Holland'.
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1884: Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures & Photography: A Loan Collection of Pictures by Mr Whistler ..., Dublin Sketching Club, Dublin, 1884 (cat. no. 235).
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1887: possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 181) as 'Nocturne en gris et or' although that might have been an oil.
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1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 102) as 'Nocturne – Grey and Gold/ Canal, Holland'.
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1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 119) as 'Nocturne. Grey and Gold. Canal. Holland'.
By the terms of Freer's will, this work can not be lent to another venue.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
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MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 945) as 'Nocturne; grey and gold – Canal; Holland'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
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'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 3) as 'Nocturne; grey and gold – Canal; Holland'.
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Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures & Photography: A Loan Collection of Pictures by Mr Whistler ..., Dublin Sketching Club, Dublin, 1884 (cat. no. 235).
- Possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 181) as 'Nocturne en gris et or' although that might have been an oil.
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Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 102) as 'Nocturne – Grey and Gold/ Canal, Holland'.
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Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 119) as 'Nocturne. Grey and Gold. Canal. Holland'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- 'M.C.S.' [Malcolm Charles Salaman], Kensington News, London, 29 May 1884.
Books on Whistler
- Glazer, Lee, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy, and Katherine Roeder, Whistler in Watercolor: Lovely Little Games, New Haven and London, 2019.
- Heijbroek, J. F., and Margaret F. MacDonald, Whistler and Holland, Zwolle and Amsterdam, 1997, pp. 45, 54, repr. p. 45, pl. VI.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 190, pl. 115.
- Myers, Kenneth John, Mr. Whistler’s Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 48 (cat. no. 23).
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1902.160a-b, as 'Nocturne: Grey and Gold–Canal, Holland'.
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Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.