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

 

M.0851
Arrangement in Black - No. 3

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881/1882
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8817
Medium: pencil, pen and brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 6 15/16 x 4 3/8" (177 x 112 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: r.: 'Arrangement in Black- No. 3.' by Whistler, and numbered in unknown hand '3588'. v.: collector's mark 'LJR' (L. J. Rosenwald)

Arrangement in Black - No. 3

Provenance

  • 1891: signed for Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) .
  • 1928: bought from Charles Sessler (1854-1935), Philadelphia dealer, by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971) , 25 June;
  • 1943: given to the National Gallery of Art;
  • 1980: moved from Alverthorpe to the National Gallery of Art.

See details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 851).

Exhibitions

No record of exhibitions in Whistler's lifetime has been found.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret