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

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M.0816
Venice

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: grey/green wove paper
Size: 6 1/4 x 10 9/16" (159 x 269 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '22. 9 1/4 x 5 -'

Venice

Provenance

  • 1880: said to have been given to Katherine Colman de Kay (Mrs Arthur Bronson) (1834-1901) in Italy;
  • 1901-1983: passed by family descent to a private collector;
  • 1983: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 3 June 1983 (lot 104, repr.) as 'View of Venice.'

Exhibitions

No exhibition in Whistler's lifetime has been identified.

Last updated: 11th February 2021 by Margaret