The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Winter landscape dates from about 1875, and is said to have been given to Emilie Venturi (1821–1893).

Winter landscape, private collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 572).

Images

Subject

Site

This may date from a visit to the Leylands at Speke Hall near Liverpool in the early 1870s.

Technique

Technique

Winter landscape, private collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 572).

History

Provenance

• 1870s: possibly given by Whistler to his neighbour Emilie Venturi (1821–1893);
• 1893-1969: passed by family descent to her great-nephew, Wyon James Stansfield (1908-1988);
• 1969: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 23 April 1969 (lot 3) as 'Winter Landscape', bought by Williams & Son, London art dealers, for Ira Spanierman (n/a), New York dealer;
• 1974: at auction, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41B, repr) bought in;
• 1974: bought by a private collector in Sarasota, Florida;
• 1984: sold on 5 May through Hope Davis, New York dealer, to a private collector.

Exhibitions

• 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 24) as 'Snow Piece' (but see A Snowy landscape m0573).

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 572) as 'Winter landscape'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 24) as 'Snow Piece'.