The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe dates from 1885.

Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe, Private Collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1034).

Images

Subject

Description

Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe, Private Collection

A vertical composition: a view from above the beach, looking over to a calm sea under a sunny, cloudy sky. There are several chairs in the foregound, a red parasol at lower left, and several figures in the shallows at right.

Site

Dieppe, a holiday resort on the French coast.

Technique

Technique

Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe, Private Collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1034).

Conservation History

It is slightly browned at the edges.

History

Provenance

• 1886: bought by Edward William Hooper (1839-1901), Boston, 2 July 1886;
• 1901: passed by family descent to Louisa Chapin Hooper (Mrs W. Thoron), second daughter of E. W. Hooper, and thence to a private collector, New York State;
• 1984: consigned in December to Knoedler's, New York art dealers (# KMC1362) and sold to Transco Energy Co., Houston, Texas;
• 1992: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1992 (lot 37) as 'Note in Opal - The Sands, Dieppe' [sic] and bought by a private collector.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1034).

Exhibitions

• 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 63) as 'Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe'.
• 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 142) as 'Marine'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1034) as 'Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 63) as 'Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe'.
• Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 142) as 'Marine'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

EXHIBITION:

• MacDonald, Margaret F., Notes, Harmonies, and Nocturnes: Small Works by James McNeill Whistler, M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York, 1984 (cat. no. 128) repr.
• Contemplating the American Watercolor: Selections from the Transco Energy Company Collection, Houston, Texas, touring show starting in The Denver Art Museum, Denver, and ending in The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, and other Japanese venues, 1985-1992, repr. pl. 17.

SALE:

• Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1992 (lot 37) as 'Note in Opal - The Sands, Dieppe' [sic].