Nocturne: Grey and Gold–Canal, Holland
date: label: Date
content: 1882
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Signatures
content: Gray butterfly in lower right corner
label: Paper/Support
content: On cold-pressed, wove paper. Graphite sight marks in all four corners.
label: Provenance
content: To 1902
label: Provenance
content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, to 1902 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1902 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [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,
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)
label: Exhibition History
content: Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)
label: Exhibition History
content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
label: Exhibition History
content: James McNeill Whistler Pastels, Etchings, Paintings, Watercolors (November 11, 1976 to June 24, 1977)
label: Exhibition History
content: Whistler Pastels and Water Colors (July 1 to July 31, 1974)
label: Exhibition History
content: Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)
label: Exhibition History
content: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)
label: Exhibition History
content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (March 1889)
label: Exhibition History
content: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1887)
label: Exhibition History
content: Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures, and Photography (1884)
label: Exhibition History
content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: crop marks
label: Topic
content: bone black
label: Topic
content: cerulean blue
label: Topic
content: cobalt blue
label: Topic
content: Prussian blue
label: Topic
content: burnt sienna
label: Topic
content: raw sienna
label: Topic
content: raw umber
label: Topic
content: iron oxide red
label: Topic
content: zinc white
label: Topic
content: Mars pigment
label: Topic
content: yellow ocher
label: Topic
content: cadmium sulfide
label: Topic
content: water
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
label: Related Online Resources
content: Whistler in Watercolor
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1902.160a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 29.3 x 23.1 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/8 in)