Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955/1957: probably sold by her to Colnaghi's, London art dealers.
• Date unknown: acquired by Edward Brian Seago (1910-1974);
• 1974: bequeathed by Seago to Peter Seymour (fl. 1952), Ludham, Norfolk, and by Seymour to his widow;
• Date unknown: bought by Warren Adelson (n/a), New York art dealer;
• 1993: sold to Gail Kuntz Liebes (1931-2000) and John Liebes (1930-2015), Los Angeles;
• 2015: passed to the John and Gail Liebes Trust.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1688).

Exhibitions

• 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 154) as 'Green and Brown – Ajaccio'.
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 182) as 'Intérieur. Ajaccio'.