Violet and Silver—The Deep Sea

1. James McNeill Whistler, London and Paris, 1893; sold to John A. Lynch (1853–1938), Chicago, 1894 [inscribed on verso of painting: “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.”]; bequeathed to his wife, Clara Margaret Lynch (1872–1954), Chicago, 1938; Estate of Clara Margaret Lynch, Chicago, 1954; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• London, Tate Gallery, <em>James McNeill Whistler</em>, Nov. 12, 1994–Jan. 8, 1995; Paris, Musee d'Orsay, Feb. 6–Apr. 30, 1995, Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, May 29–Aug. 20, 1995.

• Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 18.
• Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, "Violet and Silver: A Deep Sea," <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/display/?mid=y411"> https://whistlerpaintings.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/display/?mid=y411</a>, as <em>Violet and Silver: A Deep Sea</em> (ill.).
• Jay A. Clarke and Sarah Kelly Oehler, eds., <em>Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), cat. 34 (ill.), <a href="http://artic.edu/digitalwhistler">http://artic.edu/digitalwhistler</a>.
• Kimberley Muir and Annelise K. Madsen, "Sea Change: Uncovering Whistler’s Violet and Silver," <em>From the Conservation Studio</em>, July 15, 2025, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/articles/1206/sea-change-uncovering-whistlers-violet-and-silver">https://www.artic.edu/articles/1206/sea-change-uncovering-whistlers-violet-and-silver</a>.

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