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

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M.1439
Boats on a river

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895/1898
Collection: Jill Newhouse Gallery
Accession Number: none
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 6 7/16 x 9 11/16" (164 x 247 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Boats on a river

Provenance

  • 1890s: George Henry Lewis (1833-1911) and Elisabeth Lewis (1844-1931) ;
  • 1931: passed to their descendants, who owned it until after 1995.
  • 2012: with Peter Nahum, Leicester Galleries, London;
  • 2017: Jill Newhouse Gallery, 4 East 81st Street, New York.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 18th February 2021 by Margaret