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

 

A Study

Provenance

  • Date unknown: owned by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) .
  • 1923: bought from William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925) , art dealer, by Colnaghi's, London art dealers, 16 February 1923;
  • 1923: transferred to Knoedler's, New York art dealers, 14 June 1923;
  • 1961: sold to a private collector;
  • 1988: bought by Hope Davis, New York art dealer, and sold to a private collector;
  • 1989: bought back and sold by Davis to another private collector.

The early history is unclear. Judging by a label, it may have been exhibited or sold in Paris at some time. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 686).

Exhibitions

  • 1899: 2nd Exhibition, Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Sculptures, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London, 1899 (cat. no. 23, repr.) as 'A Study'.

Last updated: 20th March 2021 by Margaret