Provenance

• By 1905: John G. Ure (1820-1901), Glasgow;
• 1911: sold by him at auction, Christie's, London, 29 April 1911 (lot 22);
• 1911: William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London, art dealer.
• Date unknown: private collection;
• 1985?: Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York;
• 1985: Daniel J. Terra (1911-1996), Chicago;
• 1992: Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago.

It was lent by John G. Ure to the Whistler Memorial exhibition in London in 1905 (cat. no. 101). When sold by him at auction in 1911 it was bought by Marchant for 230 guineas.

Exhibitions

• 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 101) as 'A Freshening Breeze'.

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime, although it is very likely that it was exhibited in the 1880s.