The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0832
Hastings: fishing boats
Date
Hastings: fishing boats dates from 1880 or 1881.
Hastings: fishing boats, Colby College Museum of Art
This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 832). See HISTORY for an update.
Images
Hastings: fishing boats, Colby College Museum of Art
Subject
Site
Hastings: fishing boats, Colby College Museum of Art
The port of Hastings on the English coast, where Whistler's mother, Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881), was living.
Technique
Technique
Hastings: fishing boats, Colby College Museum of Art
Discussed in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 832).
History
Provenance
- 1908: 'Hastings Fishing Boats' was sent by Obach, London dealers, to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, on 13 October, but returned on 31 December;
- 1911: Hastings m0830 and Hastings: fishing boats m0832 were possibly consigned by Obach & Co., to be sold at auction, Christie's, London, 21 July 1911 (lot 80) and bought by 'Baines' or 'Barnes';
- 1912: with Colnaghi (successors to Obach), London art dealers.
- Date unknown: with Charles William Dowdeswell (1832-1915), London art dealer (stamp on verso);
- Date unknown: acquired by George Edward Healing (1871-1953), 54 Richmond Road;
- 1953: after his death, sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1953 (lot 64) as 'Boats at Hastings' and bought by Leger, London art dealer.
- 1965: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 14 April 1965 (lot 39) as 'Fishing Boats drawn up on the beach at Hastings' and bought by a private collector.
- 2013: given by Paula Crane Lunder (b. 1935) and Peter H. Lunder (b. 1933) to Colby College Museum of Art.
Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 832).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 832) as 'Hastings: fishing boats'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALES:
- Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1953 (lot 64) as 'Boats at Hastings'.
- Sotheby's, London, 14 April 1965 (lot 39) as 'Fishing Boats drawn up on the beach at Hastings'.
Websites
- Colby College Museum of Art website at https://www.colby.edu.