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

 

r.: Nude leaning on a rail; v.: Standing figure

Provenance

  • Before 1928: owned by Hubert Maitland Budgett (1882-1951) , Master of Hounds, Kirtlington Park, Oxford;
  • 1928: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1928 (lot 303, repr.) as 'A girl full length standing turned to the right leaning on a rail' and bought by Colnaghi's, London art dealers (#A5223);
  • 1928: Kennedy, New York dealers, took half shares on 1 December 1928;
  • 1929: sold by Kennedy, probably to Charles Sessler (1854-1935) , Philadelphia dealer;
  • 1929: bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971) , 28 March 1929;
  • 1943: given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC;
  • 1980: transferred from Alverthorpe to the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret