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

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M.1480
Skull and crossbones (a)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: E. R. and J. Pennell Collection
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, partial watermark, 'JOYN[SON]'
Size: 3 3/8 x 4 9/16" (85 x 116 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Skull and crossbones (a)

Provenance

  • 1896: probably sent by Whistler to William Heinemann (1863-1920) , London;
  • 1922: sold at auction, Heinemann sale, American Art Association, New York, 13 January 1922 (lot 243).
  • 1920s: acquired by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) and Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) ;
  • 1927/1936: given to the Library of Congress.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1480).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret