Harmony in Blue and Silver:  Beaching the Boat, Étretat
PaintingsAmerican19th-20th century

Harmony in Blue and Silver: Beaching the Boat, Étretat

c. 1897

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Culture
American
Century
19th-20th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

13.6 x 23.5 cm (5 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.) framed: 29.5 x 40 x 4.5 cm (11 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Hon. Judge William Evans, 1901, sold; to [Scott and Fowles, New York, 1916] sold; to Hunt Henderson, 1917, bequest; to Tulane University, 1939, sold [through Macdonald Gallery, New York]; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, April 1941, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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