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

 

M.0854
Gay Paget in the garden of Wortley Hall, Yorkshire

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Foundation for the Arts
Accession Number: 1994.9
Medium: watercolour, pen and brown ink
Support: ivory paper
Size: 5 9/16 x 9" (142 x 228 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Gay Paget in the garden of Wortley Hall, Yorkshire

Provenance

REVISED AND UPDATED:

  • Date unknown: a watercolour called 'Wortley' was said to have come from the collections of the sculptor, Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937) , and the mural painter, Robert L. Dodge (d. 1940), according to Hirschl & Adler records.
  • Date unknown: bought from a private collector, by Kennedy, New York dealers;
  • 1970: sold to a private collector in Marion, Indiana (a/c A16336).
  • Date unknown: Margo Pollins Schab, Inc., New York, NY.
  • 1994: Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, IL;
  • 2003: closure of Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago;
  • 2003/2005: works on paper transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago.

There are gaps in the known provenance.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret