PaintingsAmerican19th century
Nocturne in Blue and Silver
c. 1871-1872
Artists
James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist
Dimensions
44.5 x 61 cm (17 1/2 x 24 in.) frame: 64.8 x 81.3 x 7.6 cm (25 1/2 x 32 x 3 in.)
Provenance
Presented by Whistler to Frances (Mrs. Frederick R.) Leyland, before November 1872; acquired by Hunt Henderson after her death, after 1910; his bequest to Tulane University, 1939; its sale to Grenville L. Winthrop through Macdonald Gallery, New York, April 1941; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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