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

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M.0714
Sketch of 'Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1914,0406.1
Medium: pen, brown ink and wash
Support: cream laid paper laid down on paper
Size: 5 3/4 x 3 7/16" (146 x 87 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Sketch of 'Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder'

Provenance

  • By 1908: 'Sketch for "Connie Gilchrist" ' was owned by Alan Summerly Cole (1846-1934) , London, according to the Pennells;
  • 1914: bought with Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland' [M.0502] and Sketch of 'Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder' [M.0714] from P. J. Sabin by Colnaghi, London dealers, 21 May 1914;
  • 1914: sold to the British Museum.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret