James McNeill Whistler, Symphony in Grey: Early Morning, Thames
Gift of Charles Lang Freer · National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
James McNeill Whistler

Symphony in Grey: Early Morning, Thames

1871

Current Collection

National Museum of Asian Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
100 × 79.7 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-127309

Whistler exhibited this painting both as a “Harmony” and as a “Symphony” rather than as a Nocturne, but this view of Battersea at dawn shares the same features as many of the artist’s moonlit scenes of the Thames. Thinly painted, it conveys a sense of space and movement through the sweeping brushstrokes that move across the canvas from left to right. Whistler’s butterfly signature appears on a ca…

Provenance

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Registry history

  • 1871 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art

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