Provenance

• By 1905: owned by William Eden (1849-1915).
• 1910: sold from a private collection, at auction, Anderson Art Galleries, New York, 2 March 1910 (lot 167).
• Date unknown: 'Souvenir of the Gaiety (The Grasshopper)' was at some time with Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York dealer (# F6487 label).
• 1965: bought by a private collector, Cleveland, Ohio;
• 1984: sold to Knoedler's, New York dealers, 27 September;
• 1988: sold to Hammer Galleries, New York dealers, 1 November (#KM1330);
• After 1988: sold to a private collector, Salt Lake City.
• 1999: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 27 May 1999 (lot 81).
• By 2005: exhibited Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY, 2005-2006.
• Date unknown: acquired for a private collection.

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

• 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 110) as 'Souvenir of the Gaiety'.