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

 

M.0667
r.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren; v.: Studies of two actors or actresses, one playing a banjo

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.86
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 5 3/8 x 4 7/16" (137 x 113 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'CONNIE GILCHRIST? BY WHISTLER' and '#2' in unknown hands

r.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren; v.: Studies of two actors or actresses, one playing a banjo

Provenance

  • 1870s: torn by the artist and intended for destruction, but retrieved by Thomas Way (1837-1915) or his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) , London;
  • ca 1913: acquired from Way or, after his death, from his widow, by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) ;
  • 1930: bequeathed to his daughter, Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973) ;
  • 1965: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (31) and bought by Knoedler's, New York dealers;
  • 1969: bought by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute on 19 May.

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret