Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• 1943: bought by Colnaghi's, London art dealers, 28 July, and sold to Count Hatvany;
• 1980: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 13 June 1980 (lot 12);
• 1981: bought by Dr John Larkin (n/a) ;
• 1981: sold through Hope Davis, New York art dealer, to Paul Mellon (1907-1999) ;
• 1993: given to Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1616).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.