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oil paint (paint)21 × 13 Cm
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In this intimately scaled seascape, James McNeill Whistler employed the sparest of compositional elements to evoke a coastal atmosphere. Broad horizontal bands of blues and gray suggest sky, ocean, and sand, with dabs of thin pigment giving economical, yet expressive form to around a dozen figures on the windswept beach. Whistler dedicated much of his artistic practice to capturing the mood and color harmonies of marine scenes. Coast Scene, Bathers was painted en plein air, a practice to which the artist returned in the 1880s. It marked a distinctive shift from his studio-produced Nocturnes of the previous decade.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 21 × 13 Cm |
| Tags | landscapes |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, "Coast Scene: Bathers," <em>The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler: A Catalogue Raisonné</em>, University of Glasgow, accessed June 3, 2020, <a href="https://whistlerpaintings.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/disp...
Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, "Coast Scene: Bathers," The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler: A Catalogue Raisonné, University of Glasgow, accessed June 3, 2020, https://whistlerpaintings.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/display/?mid=y326, as Coast Scene: Bathers (ill.).
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Jay A. Clarke and Sarah Kelly Oehler, eds., <em>Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago</em>
Jay A. Clarke and Sarah Kelly Oehler, eds., Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), cat. 27 (ill.), http://artic.edu/digitalwhistler.
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Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago</em>
Judith A. Barter, et al., The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 17.
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sold to Walter Stanton Brewster (1872–1954), Chicago, 1926 [according to Young, MacDonald, Spencer, and Miles 1980]
sold to Walter Stanton Brewster (1872–1954), Chicago, 1926 [according to Young, MacDonald, Spencer, and Miles 1980]
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sold to Charles B....
sold to Charles B. Eddy (1872–1951), New York, April 1918 [M. Knoedler and Co. Stock Book 6, Stock No. 14346, copy in curatorial object file]
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exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibitions, July 20–Oct. 29, 1939, cat 2.
Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibitions, July 20–Oct. 29, 1939, cat 2.
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given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.
given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.
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sold to Woodruff J....
sold to Woodruff J. Parker (1880–1930), Chicago, June 5, 1922. With Chester H. Johnson Galleries, Chicago, by 1926
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returned to M....
returned to M. Knoedler and Co., New York, by January 1919
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sold to R....
sold to R.C. and N.M. Vose Gallery, Boston, November 1919 [M. Knoedler and Co. Stock Book 6, Stock No. 14561, copy in curatorial object file]
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Mrs....
Mrs. J. Cross, by November 1917
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sold to P....
sold to P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London, November 1, 1917 [according to Young, MacDonald, Spencer, and Miles 1980]
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partial share sold to M....
partial share sold to M. Knoedler and Co., New York, December 31, 1917
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