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Gray and Silver: A Nocturne

c. 1880–1900

Walter Greaves

(British, 1841–1930)
England, 19th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 74.9 x 85.1 x 6 cm (29 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 51 x 58.7 cm (20 1/16 x 23 1/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1964.361
Location: Not on view
  • Sold by Messrs. Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell, at the death of C. W. Dowdeswell at London sale, Christie's, 7-9 February 1917 (lot 308), W. Greaves, Grey and Silver: A Nocturne, 19½ x 13½ in., for £11:11:-: to Hugh Blaker. Bought in 1945 by Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London. Sold to Beryl Joyce. Sold by her at London sale, Christie's, 5 July 1963 (lot 15), Whistler, Nocturne in Silver and Grey, signed with butterfly, 19 x 23 in., bought in and returned to Beryl Joyce. Bought back by Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London. Sold to Durlacher Bros. New York. Purchased by the CMA in 1964.
  • Francis, Henry S. “Portraits by Whistler and Chase.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 52, no. 1 (January 1965): 19–23. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 21, fig. 3 www.jstor.org
    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 323, Vol. I, no. 113
    “Year in Review for 1964.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 10 (December 1964): 236–266.
    Published as attributed to James Abbott Mc Neil Whistler Reproduced: p. 249; Mentioned: p. 264, no. 99 www.jstor.org
  • Paths of Abstraction - 1867-1917. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (organizer) (June 26-September 19, 2010).
    Art Gallery of New South Wales (6/26/2010 - 9/19/2010): "Path of Abstraction - 1867-1917", no cat. #, p. 90.
    New York, Durlacher Bros. Painters of the Beautiful; Lord Leighton, Whistler, Albert Moore and Conder (1964), no. 24, Whistler, Nocturne in Grey and Silver, signed lower right with Butterfly in circle; Hugh Blaker collection.
    London, Institute of Contemporary Art. Ten Decades; A Review of British Taste 1851-1951 (1951), no. 104, Whistler, Nocturne in Grey and Silver, lent anonymously.
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