The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 335
Blue and Green: Dieppe
Date
Blue and Green: Dieppe probably dates from Whistler's visit to Dieppe in the autumn of 1885. 1 It was first exhibited in “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 31).
Images
Blue and Green: Dieppe, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title is known, with punctuation changed:
- 'Blue and Green – Dieppe' (1889, Wunderlich). 2
- Blue and Green: Dieppe (1980, YMSM). 3
'Blue and Green: Dieppe' is the preferred form of the title.
Description
Unknown.
Site
The coastal town and ferry port of Dieppe in France.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1889: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 31) as 'Blue and Green – Dieppe'.
It was priced at 50 guineas in 1889, but remained unsold, and was returned to Whistler after the exhibition by Wunderlich's on the SS Servia. 4
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. 335) as 'Blue and Green: Dieppe'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 31) as 'Blue and Green - Dieppe'.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
Monographs
- None.
Books on Whistler
- None.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 335).
2: “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 31).
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 335).
4: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.