Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0211
An artist in his studio

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855/1856
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1906.104
Medium: pencil, pen, brown and black ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 9 3/16" diameter circle (233 mm diameter circle)
Signature: 'J.Whistler'
Inscription: 'Au 5 N / Rue Galeres/ Quatier [sic] 4', and on a book, 'Fuseli'
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An artist in his studio

Provenance

  • 1906: bought from Knoedler's, New York dealers, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

The earlier provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 17th February 2021 by Margaret