Provenance

• Date unknown: Annie Burr Jennings (1855-1939) .
• By 1946: owned by Helen Goodsell Jennings James, widow of Dr Walter Belknap James (1858-1927);
• 1947: Estate of the late Mrs Walter B. James of New York and Cold Spring Harbor, NY, auction, Parke Bernet, New York, 21-22 March 1947 (lot 309, repr.) as 'Beach Scene', bought by Walker Gallery.
• By 1968: Mr and Mrs John Pierrepont, New York.
• 2003: sold at auction, Christie's, New York 22 May 2003 (lot 38).
• 2008: at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 24 September 2008 (lot 66) as 'Beach at Dieppe';
• 2009: at auction, Doyle, New York, 19 May 2009 (lot 207) as 'Beach Scene at Dieppe' (unsold).

Exhibitions

No known exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.