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

 

The Ocean Wave

Provenance

  • 1906: bought from Obach, London dealers, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit, in February;
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Earlier history is unknown; see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 919).

Exhibitions

By the terms of Freer's will, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret