Provenance
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1880: possibly bought at the artist's bankruptcy sale by
Thomas Way (1837-1915)
, London;
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By 1903: passed to his son,
Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913)
;
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After 1903: a 'Nude (with another nude on verso)' was acquired from Way by
William Eden (1849-1915)
, according to A. E. Gallatin (letter to Lyman Allyn Museum);
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Before 1915: acquired from Eden by Tregaskis (probably
James Tregaskis (1850-1926)
, book and art dealer at 232 High Holborn, London);
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Before 1926: bought from Tregaskis by
Albert Eugene Gallatin (1882-1952)
, who owned it in 1949.
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Before 1984: bought from Zeitlin, Los Angeles art dealers, for a private collection.
Much of this provenance is based on the letter sent by A. E. Galletin to the Lyman Allyn Museum at the time of an exhibition in 1949: it is unsubstantiated. It is also possible that the 'Tregaskis' mentioned was another of that name, and the drawing was acquired at a later date by Gallatin.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more]
(cat. no. 348); this record has been revised.
Exhibitions
There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.