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

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Velarium

Provenance

  • 1953: owned by a private collector, USA.
  • 1962-1966: with the Nordness Galleries, New York.
  • 1974: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 18 February 1974 (lot 49) and bought by the Fine Art Society;
  • 1974: bought by the University of Glasgow.

The early history is unknown. Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1122).

Exhibitions

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

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret