The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0660
Sketch design for decoration of passage of 96 Cheyne Walk
Date
Sketch design for decoration of passage of 96 Cheyne Walk dates from 1877/1878.
Whistler lived at 2 Lindsey Row (96 Cheyne Walk), from 1867-1878. Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) remembered that about 1877/1878 'the passage from the door was panelled, and had, I think, a painting of ships on the wall' which he described as yachts rather than fully rigged ships. 1
Sketch design for decoration of passage of 96 Cheyne Walk, Private Collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 660).
Images
Sketch design for decoration of passage of 96 Cheyne Walk, Private Collection
Subject
Site
Whistler's house at 96 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London.
Technique
Technique
Sketch design for decoration of passage of 96 Cheyne Walk, Private Collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 660).
History
Provenance
- 1870s: acquired from Whistler by Thomas Way (1837-1915) and passed to his son, Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913);
- 1913: probably acquired from his widow by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930);
- 1930: bequeathed to his daughter Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973);
- 1965: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot 33) as 'Sketch for 96 Cheyne Walk' and bought by d'Offay, London art dealer.
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. 660) as 'Sketch design for decoration of passage of 96 Cheyne Walk'.
Books on Whistler
- Way, Thomas Robert, Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist, London and New York, 1912, p. 10, repr. f.p. 10 as 'Sketch Design for Decoration of Passage of 96 Cheyne Walk'.
Notes:
1: Way 1912 [more], p. 10, repr. f.p. 10 as 'Sketch Design for Decoration of Passage of 96 Cheyne Walk'.