Nocturne: Grey and Silver--Chelsea Embankment, Winter

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Provenance

  To 1902

  G. N. Stevens, Virginia Water, England [1]

  From 1902 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from G. N. Stevens, Virginia Water, England in 1902 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note, Object file. See also Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [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.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

  A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 to October 8, 2023)

  An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)

  Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (April 3, 2001 to January 24, 2008)

  Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)

  American Art - James McNeill Whistler (May 9, 1993 to June 30, 1997)

  American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (February 6, 1985 to March 4, 1986)

  James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Landscape (May 11, 1984 to February 5, 1985)

  American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

  American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)

  Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)

  Whistler Paintings (October 15, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

  Whistler Paintings (September 8, 1961 to October 15, 1969)

  American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

  American Paintings (June 9, 1960 to September 8, 1961)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 10 and 11 (February 25, 1956 to November 3, 1959)

  Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)

  American Paintings by J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 8, 1925)

  Untitled Exhibition, University of Michigan Club, Detroit, 1914 (1914)

  Inaugural Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art (January 17 to February 12, 1912)

  Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)

  Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)

  Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces (March through April, 1892)

  "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (March 1889)

• Previous custodian or owner

  G. N. Stevens (C.L. Freer source)

  G. N. Stevens (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1880s, 1860s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Stevens, G. N.

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Winter, Night, American Art, Store front, Rivers, Nocturne

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings