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

 

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Provenance

  • 1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1956: bought on 11 May by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers;
  • 1957: bought by Alister Mathews (1907-1985), art dealer, Bournemouth, 29 November 1957;
  • 1958: bought by Hyman Swetzoff (d. 1968), Swetzoff Gallery, Boston.

The Swetzoff Gallery records are in the Archives of American Art.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1662).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret