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

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M.1178
A house with an open window

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1890s
Collection: Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
Accession Number: B1993.30.121
Medium: watercolour
Support: linen, laid down on card, v.: stamped 'E. MARY & FILS/ 26, RUE CHAPTAL, PARIS'
Size: 5 1/16 x 8 9/16" (128 x 217 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'In Brittany' in Harold Wright's hand

A house with an open window

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed to the University of Glasgow;
  • 1968: de-accessioned and acquired by Ira Spanierman (n/a) , New York dealer, in part-exchange for Copy after Ingres's 'Roger délivrant Angélique' [YMSM 011], May 1968;
  • After 1968: sold to Davis & Long, New York dealers;
  • After 1968: bought by Paul Mellon (1907-1999) ;
  • 1993: Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret