Provenance

• Before 1912: at some time with Frederick Keppel (1845-1912) , New York dealer (inscription).
• 1973: with Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles.
• 1980: bought from the Montclair Corporation by Knoedler's, New York dealers, on 19 September 1980;
• 1984: bought by Steven Juvelis (b. 1921) .
• By 1988: owned by Harry Jacob Applestein (1892-1962), Pittsburgh;
• 1988: Sotheby's, New York, 25 May 1988 (lot 70) 'Sketch for Female Figure', withdrawn;
• 1989: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 10 November 1989 (lot 200) 'Nude standing'.
• Before 2004: Hirschl & Adler, Inc. New York.
• 2004: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 27 September 2004 (lot 90), bought by a private collector.

The early provenance is unknown. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 439): this record has been revised and updated.

Exhibitions

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