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

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M.1687
The Tall Tree

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1901
Collection: Private collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream paper
Size: 137 x 80 mm (5 5/8 x 3 1/8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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The Tall Tree

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: bought by Colnaghi's, London art dealers, 25 June, and sold to a private collector in London on 14 July.

Exhibitions

Not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret