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

 

M.0921
Penthouse of the public house in St Ives, Cornwall

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Thomas Colville Fine Art
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: dark cream wove paper
Size: 6 3/8 x 4 3/8" (162 x 112 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'Nocturne by Whistler / Penthouse of public-house in St Ives/ Cornwall / painted about 1883 or 1884' and signed illegibly, possibly 'JH'

Penthouse of the public house in St Ives, Cornwall

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 921) as 'Penthouse of the public house in St Ives, Cornwall'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

  • Christie's, New York, 25 September 2012 (lot 51).

Journals 1906-Present

  • Sickert, Walter R., letter to the editor, 'The Works of Whistler', New Age, vol. 10, 29 February 1912, p. 431, no. 18.

Websites

  • Thomas Colville Fine Art website.
  • Christie's, New York, 25 September 2012, website.
  • 'Pubs in St Ives, Cornwall', Pints and Pubs from beer to eternity, 3 July 2017, Blog.

Last updated: 18th February 2021 by Margaret