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

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M.0656
Lady seated, seen from behind

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: oatmeal wove paper, tipped in on brown paper
Size: 4 11/16 x 2 7 4/5" (120 x 73 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: Collector's mark of Dr Max Goldstein (Lugt 2824); mount inscribed 'This pen and ink drawing was done by Whistler / W. Greaves'

Lady seated, seen from behind

Provenance

  • Date unknown: owned by Dr Max A. Goldstein (1870-1941), St Louis.
  • 1993: sold by Conrad Graeber, dealer, Maryland, to George Dobry.
  • 2016: sold at auction, Swann, New York, 22 September 2016 (lot 40).
  • 2017: sold at auction, Swann, New York, 2 March 2017 (lot 77).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret