Nocturne: Grey and Gold–Canal, Holland
Object Details
- Description
- A night view on both sides of the canal, buildings with lighted windows which reflect in the water; two figures in left foreground; signed with the butterfly at lower right.
- Signatures
- Gray butterfly in lower right corner
- Paper/Support
- On cold-pressed, wove paper. Graphite sight marks in all four corners.
- Provenance
- To 1902
- Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, to 1902 [1]
- From 1902 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)
- The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)
- Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)
- James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
- James McNeill Whistler Pastels, Etchings, Paintings, Watercolors (November 11, 1976 to June 24, 1977)
- Whistler Pastels and Water Colors (July 1 to July 31, 1974)
- Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)
- "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (March 1889)
- Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1887)
- Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures, and Photography (1884)
- "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1882
- Accession Number
- F1902.160a-b
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 29.3 x 23.1 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/8 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Whistler in Watercolor
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- crop marks
- bone black
- cerulean blue
- cobalt blue
- Prussian blue
- burnt sienna
- raw sienna
- raw umber
- iron oxide red
- zinc white
- Mars pigment
- yellow ocher
- cadmium sulfide
- water
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1902.160a-b
