Provenance

• 1882: bought from Whistler by Louisine Waldron Havemeyer (1855-1929) ;
• 1917: given in January to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

• 1881: Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 23) as 'The Steps'.

By the terms of Freer's will, this pastel cannot be lent to another venue.