The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1595
r.: Grey and Gold - Belle Isle; v.: Study for 'Grey and Gold - Belle Isle'
Date
r.: Grey and Gold – Belle Isle; v.: Study for 'Grey and Gold – Belle Isle' dates from 1899/1900.
Grey and Gold – Belle Isle, Portland Art Museum
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1595).
Images
Grey and Gold – Belle Isle, Portland Art Museum
Verso not reproduced.
Subject
Site
Grey and Gold – Belle Isle, Portland Art Museum
Belle-Île-en-Mer, France.
Technique
Technique
Grey and Gold – Belle Isle, Portland Art Museum
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1595).
History
Provenance
- 1903: 'Gray and Gold - Belle Isle' was sold on 8 May by the artist to Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914) of Providence, R.I.;
- 1914: sold on 12 March to Knoedler, New York dealers;
- 1914: bought in May by Henry Hornblower (1863-1941), Arlington, MA;
- 1941-1989: passed by family descent, to his daughter, and grandchildren;
- 1988: on loan to Portland Museum of Art in 1988;
- 1989: anonymous gift to Portland Museum of Art.
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 141) as 'Gray and Gold "Belle-Isle" '.
- 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 106) as 'Grey and Gold. Belle-Isle'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1595) as "r.: Grey and Gold – Belle Isle; v.: Study for 'Grey and Gold – Belle Isle' ".
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 141) as 'Gray and Gold "Belle-Isle" '.
- Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 106) as 'Grey and Gold. Belle-Isle'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Ausstellung Amerikanischer Kunst, Königliche Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1910 (cat. no. 103).
- Oils, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by James McNeill Whistler lent by Mr. Richard Canfield, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Buffalo, 1911 (cat. no. 16).
- Oils, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by J. McN. Whistler, Knoedler & Co., New York, 1914 (cat. no. 18).
Journals 1906-Present
- Schwartz, Roberta M., ‘Whistler's Aestheticism in His Venetian Etchings’, Porticus: The Journal of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, vol. 8, 1985, pp. 36-44.
Websites
- Portland Museum of Art website at portlandmuseum.org.