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

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Beach Scene

Provenance

  • Date unknown: at some time in the collections of Lennox Boyd (dates unknown) , and 'Pierce' (unidentified).
  • 1971: sold by Colnaghi, London art dealers, to The Fine Art Society, London art dealers;
  • 1974: bought from them by Davis & Long, New York art dealers;
  • 1978: sold by Meredith J. Long (n/a), art dealer in Houston, Texas, through Davis & Long to Franklin Beekman Biggs (1916-2004) , Santa Rosa Beach, Florida;
  • 2004: F. B. Briggs, Middletown, Delaware, died in 2004, and his wife, Alice Baldwin Biggs (d. 2006) , two years later.
  • 2018: whereabouts unknown.

The early history of this painting is not known.

Exhibitions

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

Last updated: 8th March 2020 by Margaret