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

 

M.0322
r.: Study for 'Symphony in White No. 3'; v.: Draped figures

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1865/1867
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.96
Medium: r: pencil and crayon; v: crayon
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark 'DE ERVEN D. BLAUW'
Size: 5 3/16 x 8 7/16" (182 x 215 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Study for 'Symphony in White No. 3'; v.: Draped figures

Provenance

  • 1865/1878: torn up by the artist and intended for destruction;
  • 1870s: retrieved and repaired, probably by Thomas Way (1837-1915) or his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) , London;
  • 1913/1915: bought by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) , London;
  • 1930: bequeathed to his daughter Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973) ;
  • 1965: sold at Christie's, London, 12 November 1965, and bought by Knoedler's, New York dealers;
  • 1969: bought by the Munson-Williams-Proctor-Institute on 19 May 1969.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 17th April 2019 by Margaret