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

 

M.1589
Street scene

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1889/1901
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Accession Number: 24.211
Medium: pencil
Support: tan wove paper
Size: 85 x 142 mm (3 5/16 x 5 9/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: collector’s mark of J. H. Hutchinson (Lugt 2921)

Street scene

Provenance

  • 1889/1891: acquired by Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (b. ca 1829-d.1891) ;
  • 1892: possibly one of 'Two sketches' sold at auction, Christie's, London, 27 February 1892 (lot 31) and bought by 'Thomas'.
  • 1924: given by Ralph King (1855-1926) and Mrs King to the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The provenance is uncertain. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1589).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 24th February 2021 by Margaret