Violet [Note?]...The Return of the Fishing Boats

c. 1885

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard A. Canfield, Providence, Rhode Island. (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), 1914. Charles S. Carstairs [1865-1928], 1915. (sale, Christie's, London, 19 December 1972, no. 58). (Basket & Day); acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 240-241, color repro.

Bibliography

1986

  • Mellon 1986, 122-125, fig. 10.

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.240.

1995

  • MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995, no. 1036.

Inscriptions

center right in watercolor: [Whistler's device]; upper center on verso in graphite: No 10

Wikidata ID

Q64580666


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