The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0250
Fontain à Heidelberg
Date
Fontain à Heidelberg dates from between September and October 1858.
Fontain à Heidelberg, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 250). This record has been updated.
Images
Fontain à Heidelberg, private collection
Subject
Site
Fontain à Heidelberg, private collection
Heidelberg is a university town in Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany.
Technique
Technique
Fontain à Heidelberg, private collection
This may be a sheet from a sketchbook.
History
Provenance
- Date unknown: possibly with Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), London;
- 1937: probably sold by Maggs Brothers, London, 1937, no. 642 (lot 123);
- Date unknown: bought from Maggs Brothers by Castano, Boston art dealers;
- Date unknown: bought from Castano by Steven Juvelis (1921-1994), Lynn, Massachusetts;
- 1962: sold by Juvelis, at auction, Christie's, London, 22 June 1962 (lot 14) as 'Women at a Fountain, Heidelberg', and bought by 'Manning', London dealer;
- 1963: sent to the Bernard Black Gallery, New York;
- 1966: auctioned, Parke Bernet, New York, 26 May 1966 (lot 7) as 'Fontaine à Heidelberg', bought in;
- 1969: sold at auction, Parke Bernet, New York, 1 October 1969 (lot 14) as 'Fountain at Heidelberg', and bought by a private collector.
- 1984: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 21 September 1984 (lot 146) as 'Woman at a Fountain, Heidelberg', and bought by Knoedler, New York art dealers.
- 1988: bought from the Hammer Galleries by a private collector;
- 2004: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 27 September 2004 (lot 13), as 'Fountain at Heidelberg', and bought by a private collector.
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. 250) as 'Fontain à Heidelberg'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALES:
- Christie's, London, 22 June 1962 (lot 14) as 'Women at a Fountain, Heidelberg'.
- Parke Bernet, New York, 26 May 1966 (lot 7) as 'Fontaine à Heidelberg'.
- Parke Bernet, New York, 1 October 1969 (lot 14) as 'Fountain at Heidelberg'.
- Christie's, New York, 21 September 1984 (lot 146) as 'Woman at a Fountain, Heidelberg'.
- Christie's, New York, 27 September 2004 (lot 13, repr.), as 'Fountain at Heidelberg'.