About This Artwork
James McNeill Whistler
American, 1834-1903
Violet and Silver - The Deep Sea1893
Oil on canvas
50.2 x 73.3 cm (19 3/4 x 28 7/8 in.)
Inscribed in ink on backing, upper right: "Violet & Silver. The Deep Sea."; butterfly monogram
Also on verso: Exhibited in salon of the / Champ de Mars. 1894 / & / bought in my Studio, Paris/ in October of that year by / John A. Lynch, of Chicago./ J. McNeill Whistler.
Gift of Clara Margaret Lynch in memory of John A. Lynch, 1955.743
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
London, Tate Gallery, "James McNeill Whistler," November 12, 1994-January 8, 1995; traveled to Paris, Musee d'Orsay, February 6-April 30, 1995, Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, May 29-August 20, 1995.
Publication History
Judith A. Barter et al, The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2011), no. 18.