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

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Blue and Violet. Lapis Lazuli

Provenance

  • 1894: probably sold to William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925) , of Goupil's, London art dealer;
  • 1895: bought in Paris by Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) of Boston, MA, on 25 June 1895;
  • 1924: bequeathed by Mrs Gardner to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Further details are in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1070).

Exhibitions

  • 1888: III. Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung, Königlicher Glaspalast, Munich, 1888 (cat. no. 46) as 'Blau und violet. Lapis Lazuli'.
  • 1899: Art Exhibition, Mrs John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon Street, Boston, 1899, p. 8 (cat. no. 22) as 'Pastel'.

It was mistakenly thought to have been exhibited in 1886.

Last updated: 27th February 2021 by Margaret