Nocturne in grey and silver, the Thames, circa 1872-circa 1874 by attrib. James Abbott McNeill Whistler ::

Other Titles

Nocturne in Silver and Grey
Nocturne in grey and silver - The Thames at Battersea

Date

circa 1872-circa 1874

Media category

Painting

Materials used

oil on canvas

Dimensions

76.2 x 92.2 x 10.0 cm frame

Signature & date

Signed u.l., "(trace of a butterfly signature in photographs pre 1969)". Not dated.

Credit

Purchased 1947

Location

Not on display

Accession number

8041

Copyright

Reproduction requests

Artist information

attrib. James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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The lyrical trend in English painting, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London, Mar 1946–Apr 1946
Paths to abstraction 1867-1917, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Jun 2010–19 Sep 2010
Monet: Impression sunrise, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 06 Jun 2019–01 Sep 2019

Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, p 212, illus p 212.
Terence Maloon, Paths to abstraction 1867-1917, Sydney, 2010, p 286, col illus pp 86 (detail), 92. 'Whistler and his influence' by Terence Maloon, pp 86–103
John Saxby, Look, 'In the driver's seat', Sydney, Apr 2016, p 22.
The lyrical trend in English painting, London, 1946, p [3], no 1.
Catalogue of drawings and oil paintings ...., London, 09 May 1945, p 7, no 89.

E.A. Clarke, Berkshire/England

Mrs E. A. Clarke, pre 25 Apr 1945, Berkshire/England, Sold Sotheby's London, 25 April 1945, lot 89. Purchased Roland, Browse and Delbanco.

Roland, Browse and Delbanco, 25 Apr 1945-May 1947, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Roland, Browse and Delbanco 1947