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

 

M.0324
In the Studio

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1865
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession Number: 51.223
Medium: watercolour, gouache and chalk
Support: tan wove paper laid down on board
Size: 11 5/16 x 7 1/4" (288 x 185 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v: 'J. M. Whistler' in an unknown hand; on verso of card, 'S9593 | 327 Whistler / Green gold' in an unknown hand

In the Studio

Provenance

  • Date unknown: with Messrs Dowdeswell, London art dealers (label).
  • Date unknown: possibly in a collection or exhibition in Italy (label, Fotografia Vasari).
  • By 1951: with W. Macbeth, New York art dealers;
  • 1951: bought by the Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Founders Society, Merrill Fund (DIA Minutes, 27 November 1951).

Exhibitions

None known in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 25th February 2021 by Margaret