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

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r.: Two Standing Figures; v.: Figure

Provenance

UPDATE:

  • Date unknown: owned by Thomas Glen Arthur (1858-1907) , Ayr, Scotland.
  • By 1904: owned by Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941) and his wife, Clara Elizabeth Macomber née Robison (1858-1932), Boston;
  • 1941: bequeathed to his daughter, Isabella Ogden Reed Macomber (Mrs Charles F. Lyman) (1879-1949), Boston, and passed by family descent to her granddaughter, Elizabeth, Mrs J. Hampden Robb (b. 1901), Beverly Farms, MA;
  • 1970: purchased by Gustav D. Klimann (1915-1982) and his wife, Joan Peterson Klimann (b. 1933);
  • 2001: bought by Warren Adelson (n/a) , New York art dealer.

For full details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no 464); this record has been revised and updated.

Exhibitions

  • 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 122) as 'Two Standing Figures.'

Last updated: 25th February 2021 by Margaret