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M.1540
Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: MSS Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 2/18/4
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, mourning edge, partial watermark of crown over scroll and 'ORIGINAL/ PALE ...MILL', f.s.
Size: 7 11/16 x 6" (196 x 153 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to A. Ludovici

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Provenance

1898: sent by Whistler to Albert Ludovici, Jr (1852-1932) ;
Date unknown: possibly given to Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) ;
1927/1936: given by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) to the Library of Congress.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1539).

Exhibitions

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

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret

M.1540Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG

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M.1540
Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG