The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 370
Bleu et argent: South Coast
Date
Bleu et argent: South Coast probably dates from 1887 or 1888 and was first exhibited in 1888. 1
Images
Bleu et argent: South Coast, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title is known, but it is expressed in several languages and with variations in punctuation:
- 'Bleu & argent – South Coast' (1888, Whistler). 2
- ' "Bleu et argent." South Coast' (1888, Whistler). 3
- 'Blau und Silber: Sudkuste' (1888, III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Munich). 4
- 'Bleu et argent: South Coast' (1980, YMSM). 5
The punctuation of the original title was amended in 1980 for consistency with other titles. Although the use of two languages is odd, the preferred title is 'Bleu et argent: South Coast'.
Description
Unknown.
Site
Presumably on the south coast of England.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1888: III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 62) as 'Blau und Silber: Sudkuste'.
It was insured for £30, and listed by Whistler as 'Bleu et argent - South Coast' to be sent on to Wunderlich's in America. 6 Although Whistler's list suggests it was to be sent for exhibition in New York in 1889, it is not identifiable with any of the titles in that exhibition.
Whistler gave the size of this painting as 42 x 36 cm framed, which suggest a picture size of about 12.7 x 21.3 mm, comparing it with Grey and Silver: Mist - Life Boat y287, White and Grey: La Cour de l'hôtel, Dieppe y325 and Grey and Brown: The Sad Sea Shore y330, which were in the same exhibition.
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. 370) as 'Bleu et argent: South Coast'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 62) as 'Blau und Silber: Sudkuste'.
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Unpublished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: III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 62). YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 370).
2: Whistler to R. Koehler, [June 1888], GUW #04202.
3: List, [June 1888], GUW #04203; see also GUW #04204.
4: III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 62).
5: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 370).
6: List, [June 1888], GUW #04203.