The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1439
Boats on a river
Date
Boats on a river dates from 1895/1898.
Boats on a river, Jill Newhouse Gallery
It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1439). The record has been updated.
Images
Boats on a river, Jill Newhouse Gallery
Subject
Site
Boats on a river, Jill Newhouse Gallery
Probably Walton-on-Thames, England.
Technique
Technique
Boats on a river, Jill Newhouse Gallery
The drawing in black was light and expressive, the colour being applied more boldy, and rubbed in.
History
Provenance
- 1890s: George Henry Lewis (1833-1911) and Elisabeth Lewis (1844-1931);
- 1931: passed to their descendants, who owned it until after 1995.
- 2012: with Peter Nahum, Leicester Galleries, London;
- 2017: Jill Newhouse Gallery, 4 East 81st Street, New York.
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1439) as 'Boats on a river'.
Websites
- Jill Newhouse Gallery website, 2017, at http://www.jillnewhouse.com.
- The Victorian Web, website, repr. as 'View of the Thames with a house on one bank ', referencing Peter Nahum at Leicester Galleries, website, 12 January 2012.