The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1591
Opal and Gold - Pourville Evening
Date
Opal and Gold – Pourville Evening probably dates from July 1899.
Opal and Gold – Pourville Evening, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1591).
Images
Opal and Gold – Pourville Evening, private collection
Opal and Gold – Pourville Evening, private collection
The colour image above is blurred: it was taken in poor light with a shaky hand-held phone.
Subject
Site
Opal and Gold – Pourville Evening, private collection
Pourville-sur-Mer, France.
Technique
Technique
Opal and Gold – Pourville Evening, private collection
Opal and Gold – Pourville Evening, private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1591).
History
Provenance
- 1903: sold by Whistler to Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914), Providence, RI, on 8 May 1903;
- 1914: bought by Knoedler's, New York art dealers, 12 March, and sold to Miss Isabel Ballantine (d. 1947), Morris Plains, NJ;
- 1947: bequeathed to a private owner.
- By 2019: in a private collection.
Exhibitions
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 91) as 'Opal and Gold "Evening – Pourville" '.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1591) as 'Opal and Gold – Pourville Evening'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Copley Society (ed.), Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels & Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 91) as 'Opal and Gold "Evening – Pourville" '.
Books on Whistler
- Cary, Elizabeth Luther, The Works of James McNeill Whistler: A Study, with a Tentative List of Artist’s Works, New York, 1907, p. 170 (no. 88).
Catalogues 1906-Present
- An Arrangement of the Works of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Collection of Mr. Richard Canfield of Providence, Rhode Island Buffalo, 1909 (cat. no. 5).
- Ausstellung amerikanischer Kunst, Königliche Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1910 (cat. no. 106).
- Oils, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by James McNeill Whistler lent by Mr. Richard Canfield Buffalo, 1911 (cat. no. 11).
- Oils, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by J. McN. Whistler, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1914 (cat. no. 14).
Journals 1906-Present
- Anon., 'Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Water Colors by American Artists, and an Arrangement of Seven Works by James A. McNeill Whistler', Academy Notes, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, vol. 5, no. 1, January 1910, pp. 1-9, p. 3.
- Anon., 'Superb Collection of Thirty-four Works by James McNeill Whistler', Academy Notes, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, vol. 6, no. 2, April 1911, pp. 33-38, repr. p. 48.