The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0205
Man in a sombrero
Date
Man in a sombrero dates from between 1854 and 1860.
Man in a sombrero, private collection
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 205).
Images
Man in a sombrero, private collection
Subject
Sitter
Unknown. Probably drawn from imagination.
Technique
Technique
Man in a sombrero, private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 205).
History
Provenance
- 1971: four drawings were sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 15 December 1971 (lot 1) and bought by D'Offay, London art dealer;
- 1971: bought by Ernest Johns for Knoedler's, art dealers, and transferred to New York in 1973;
- 1975: sold in September by Knoedler's, to a private collector.
The earlier provenance is unknown. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 205).
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 205) as 'Man in a sombrero'.