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

 

Nocturne

Provenance

  • ca 1884: according to Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) , given to him by the artist;
  • 1905: bought from Sickert through Ernest Brown (1881-1962) of the Leicester Galleries, London art dealer.
  • Date unknown: at some time with Frederick Keppel (1845-1912) , New York dealer.
  • By 1925: owned by Ralph King (1855-1926) , Cleveland.
  • By 1949: owned by Albert Eugene Gallatin (1882-1952) ;
  • 1952: A. E. Gallatin estate;
  • 1972: sold from Gallatin's estate, at auction, Parke Bernet, New York, 13 September 1972 (lot 108, repr.) and bought by Ira Spanierman (n/a) , New York dealer;
  • Date unknown: sold to a private collector, USA.
  • By 1976: with the Schweitzer gallery, New York.
  • By 1978: with W. and V. Dailey, Los Angeles art dealers;
  • 1981/1982: sold to Dr Frederick Mulder (Est. ca 1970) , London dealer;
  • 1982: bought by the Trustees of the British Museum.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 943).

Exhibitions

No record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime has been located.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret