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

 

r.: The Blue Girl; v.: Curtain

Provenance

  • 1870s: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) , London;
  • By 1890s: passed to his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) ;
  • 1905: bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit, June 1905;
  • 1919: Bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 521).

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

By the terms of C. L. Freer's will, this drawing can not be lent to other venues.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret