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

 

Spring

Provenance

  • 1894: probably acquired by Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927) through Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
  • 1927: passed by family descent to the grandson of Colonel Frank Hecker, G. T. Beaham Jr (d. 1986);
  • 1986: passed to his estate.
  • Date unknown: private collection, Missouri;
  • 1995: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 14 September 1995 (lot 121);
  • 1996: Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago;
  • 2004: closure of Terra Museum of American Art;
  • 2004-2005: works on paper from the Terra Foundation were deposited on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1397).

Exhibitions

  • 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 134) as 'Spring'.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret