The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Gris et or probably dates from the mid-1880s and was first exhibited in 1887. ¹

Images

Subject

Titles

Only one title is known:

• 'Gris et or' (1887, Petit). ²
• 'Gris et or' (1980, YMSM). ³

The title means 'grey and gold'.

Description

Unknown. The colours grey and gold, in the title, suggest a seascape, or an evening or twilight scene.

Gold and grey – The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht, The Hunterian

The Seashore, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Several watercolours – such as Gold and grey - The Sunny Shower, Dordrecht m0973 – have a similar title. The title is also applicable to several oil paintings, including The Seashore y297.

Site

Unknown.

Sitter

Unknown.

Technique

Technique

It is not known if this was an oil or watercolour.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

History

Provenance

Unknown.

Exhibitions

• 1887: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 187) as 'Gris et or'.

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. 360) as 'Gris et or'.
• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1120) as 'Gris et or'.

Authored by Whistler

• None.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1887 (cat. no. 187) as 'Gris et or'.

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Unpublished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.