Provenance

• 1870s: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) , London;
• Date unknown: bought from his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) , or from his wife Amy Ellen Way née Cox (1865-1949), by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) ;
• 1930: bequeathed to his daughter, Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973) ;
• 1965: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot 30) as 'Sketch for a Nocturne'.
• 1970: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 11 June 1970 (lot 30) as 'Study for a Nocturne' and bought by Williams & Son, London art dealers, for £100.0.0;
• 1970/1974: bought by Ira Spanierman (n/a) , New York dealer;
• 1974: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41 I) bought in;
• ca 1978: bought by a private collector.

Exhibitions

• Not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.