The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1054
Blue and grey - Sea and Showers
Date
Blue and grey – Sea and Showers was exhibited in 1886 but could date from earlier in the 1880s.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1054).
Images
Blue and grey – Sea and Showers, Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Description
A seascape, possibly similar to The Ocean Wave m0919.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 10) as 'Blue and grey – Sea and Showers'.
- 1887: Possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 169) as 'La Mer et la Pluie' or (cat. no. 194) 'Gris et or: La Pluie en mer' although these may have been oil paintings.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1054) as 'Blue and grey – Sea and Showers'.
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (oils, cat. nos. 284, 362).
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 10) as 'Blue and grey – Sea and Showers'.
- Possibly Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 169) as 'La Mer et la Pluie' or (cat. no. 194) 'Gris et or: La Pluie en mer'.