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

 

M.0715
Sketch after the portrait of Rosa Corder

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1933.295
Medium: pen, brown ink and wash
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark 'DY/ PE'; v.: embossed heading 'ARTS CLUB/ HANOVER SQUARE/ W.'
Size: 7 1/16 x 4 7/16" (179 x 113 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'A mon Eleve Pellegrini -' ; v.: 'Dear Mr Williams -'; stamped 'WSB' (Walter Stanton Brewster)

Sketch after the portrait of Rosa Corder

Provenance

  • ca 1879: given by Whistler to Carlo Pellegrini (1839-1889) .
  • 1922: possibly bought from H. L. Wynne by Colnaghi's, London art dealers, and sold on 26 July to Daniel H. Farr, Philadelphia art dealer;
  • 1922: bought on 13 December from Albert Louis Roullier (1858-1920), Chicago art dealer, by Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954) ;
  • 1933: given to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret