Provenance

• 1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• By 1957: sold by Miss Birnie Philip to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers;
• 1970: sold by Leonard G. Duke (1890-1971), at auction, Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1970 (lot 160), and bought by Williams, London dealer;
• 1970/1974: bought by Spink, London dealers and sold to Ira Spanierman (n/a), New York dealer;
• 1974: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41H repr.) and bought by a private collector.
• 1978: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 April 1978 (lot 73, repr.) and bought by Davis and Long, New York dealers;
• Sold to a private collector.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1656).

Exhibitions

• 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 153).
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 183).