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

 

M.0688
r.: Studies for a portrait; v.: Study of crouching figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 x 7 1/4" (279 x 184 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Studies for a portrait; v.: Study of crouching figure

Provenance

  • 1969: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 23 April 1969 (lot 4) as 'Studies for a Portrait of Mrs Leyland', and bought by Agnew's, London art dealers, for £650.0.0;
  • 1969/1971: with Agnew's and Anthony D'Offay, London;
  • 1971: with Kennedy Galleries, New York.
  • ca 1977/1978: acquired by Paul David Magriel Sr (1906-1990), New York.
  • Date unknown: in the collection of Robert S. Pirie (1834-2015);
  • 2015: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 5 December 2015 (lot 248, repr.).

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 28th May 2021 by Margaret