The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 284
Sea and Mist: Note in Grey
Date
Sea and Mist: Note in Grey may date from 1884 and was first exhibited at Dowdeswell's in London in that year. 1
Images
Sea and Mist: Note in Grey, Whereabouts Unknown
Subject
Titles
Several possible titles include:
- 'Sea and Mist; note in grey' (1884, Dowdeswell). 2
- 'La Mer et la Pluie: Note grise' (1887, Petit). 3
- 'Sea and Mist: Note in Grey' (1980, YMSM). 4
The punctuation was changed to conform with other titles in 1980.
Description
A misty scene, probably difficult to make out!
Site
At sea.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1884: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 40) as 'Sea and Mist; note in grey'.
- 1884: Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures & Photography: A Loan Collection of Pictures by Mr Whistler ..., Dublin Sketching Club, Dublin, 1884 (cat. no. 253) as 'Sea and Mist; note in grey'.
- 1887: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 169) as 'La Mer et la Pluie: Note grise'.
Unfortunately no reviews have been located that describe the picture. It was mentioned, but without further comment, in a generally disapproving review in the The Topical Times. 5
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 284) as 'Sea and Mist: Note in Grey'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 40) as 'Sea and Mist; note in grey'.
- Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures & Photography: A Loan Collection of Pictures by Mr Whistler ..., Dublin Sketching Club, Dublin, 1884 (cat. no. 253) as 'Sea and Mist; note in grey'.
- Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 169) as 'La Mer et la Pluie: Note grise'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Anon, ['Cigarette'], 'Whistles', The Topical Times, London, 24 May 1884.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
Monographs
- None.
Books on Whistler
- None.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Myers, Kenneth John, Mr. Whistler’s Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 92 (not in exhibition).
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 40). YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 284).
2: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 40).
3: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 169).
4: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 284).
5: Anon, ['Cigarette'], 'Whistles', The Topical Times, 24 May 1884; press cutting in GUL Whistler PC6, p. 35.