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

 

M.0712
Connie Gilchrist

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: Lucas Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession Number:
Medium: pencil
Support: BMA L33.53.8310
Size: 8 1/4 x 5 5/16" (210 x 135 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: r.: 'CONNIE G'; v.: 'Oxford drawings/ Connie Gilchrist' in unknown hand

Connie Gilchrist

Provenance

  • ca 1879: probably given by Whistler to Alan Summerly Cole (1846-1934) , London;
  • 1891: on 9 June Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) , New York dealer, brought 11 drawings, including 'Girl with skipping rope' to Paris for Whistler to sign; 1
  • Date unknown: acquired by George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909) , Baltimore;
  • 1909: bequeathed to Baltimore Museum of Art.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Notes:

1: Kennedy to Whistler, June 1891, GUW #07192.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret