Provenance

• 1903: in the artist's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• 1943: sold to Colnaghi's, London art dealers, March 1943 [#11787];
• 1943: sold to Villiers David (1906-1985) , London, 30 April 1943;
• 1985: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 6 December 1985 (lot 182, repr.) as 'Women and Children at a Shop Door', bought by a private collector;
• 2012: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 29 November 2012 (lot 48).
• By 2015: Thomas Colville Fine Art, New York and Guilford, CT.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.