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

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Sky study

Provenance

  • Date unknown: possibly owned by Walter Hamilton Hylton Jessop (1853-1917) and bequeathed to his daughter Katherine Helen Hylton Jessop (1891-1977), Chelsea, London;
  • 1973: the property of Miss K. H. Jessop, sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 14 March 1973 (5) as 'Sky study' , bought by Williams & Son, London dealers, and sold immediately to Ira Spanierman (n/a) , New York dealer.
  • 1983: bought from a New York collection by Knoedler, New York dealers, 25 April;
  • 1984: bought on 22 December by a private collector, New York.

The early provenance is not known for certain. For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 821).

Exhibitions

None known.

Last updated: 11th February 2021 by Margaret