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

 

M.0484
r.: Nocturne: Battersea Bridge; v.: Standing Female Nude

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.64a-c
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 7 1/8-7 3/16 x 11" (181-183 x 280 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: Nocturne: Battersea Bridge; v.: Standing Female Nude

Provenance

  • 1904: bought from Colnaghi's, London art dealers, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) on 21 July 1904;
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

The earlier provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

  • 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 36) as 'Old Battersea Bridge.'

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

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret