Provenance

• 1901: bought from Whistler by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) and his wife.
• Date unknown: possibly with H. V. Allison & Co., New York art dealers;
• Date unknown: acquired by Mrs Victoria Dreyfus (1881-1976) of Brewster, New York;
• 1976: sold from the estate of Mrs Dreyfus, at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 28 October 1976 (lot 115, repr.);
• 1976: given by Mr and Mrs Arthur E. Hamilton to the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester.

Exhibitions

• 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 89) as 'Blue and Silver. Forget me not'.