The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.1034
Caprice in blue and silver - Dieppe

Caprice in blue and silver - Dieppe

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper laid down on card
Size: 8 1/4 x 4 11/16" (209 x 119 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Date

Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe dates from 1885.

Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe, Private Collection
Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe, Private Collection

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

Images

Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe, Private Collection
Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe, Private Collection

Subject

Description

Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe, Private Collection
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
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

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

Exhibitions

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Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1855-1905

Catalogues 1906-Present

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