The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 343
Grey and Silver
Date
Grey and Silver may date from 1886 and was first exhibited in that year. 1 It was shown in Whistler's one-man show, 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 7).
Images
Grey and Silver, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title is known:
- 'Grey and silver' (1886, Dowdeswell). 2
- 'Grey and Silver' (1980, YMSM). 3
Description
Unknown. The title 'Grey and Silver' does not clarify the subject, which could be a river scene (such as Grey and Green: A River y295), a seascape or beach scene (such as St Ives: The Beach y267), a street scene, or figure study (though the latter is less likely).
Site
Unknown.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 7) as 'Grey and silver'.
The somewhat cryptic title does not help to identify this picture.
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. 343) as 'Grey and Silver'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 7) as 'Grey and silver'.
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Unpublished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. 343).
2: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 7).
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 343).