The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Zuyder Zee dates from 1884/1885.

Zuyder Zee, Private Collection

This work is catalogued fully in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 960). The record is updated and revised.

Images

Subject

Site

Zuyder Zee, Private Collection

Zuyder Zee, on the north coast of the Netherlands.

Technique

Technique

Zuyder Zee, Private Collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 962).

History

Provenance

• 1891: bought by Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927), Detroit.
• 1971: sold at auction, Parke Bernet, New York, 27-8 October 1971 (lot 81) bought by Charles Lock Galleries, New York;
• 1971: bought by Thomas Mellon Evans (1910-1997), New York.
• 1974: with Cort Gallery, San Francisco in July.
• 1976: with Knoedler's, New York dealers, and returned to Hammer Galleries, New York, in July 1976 (CAH 8957);
• 1976/1978: with Robert M. Light (1929-2016) of R. M. Light and Company in Santa Barbara, California;
• 1978: bought by Dr John Larkin (n/a), Minnesota;
• 2007: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 29 November 2007 (lot 70).
• 2010: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 1 December 2010 (lot 19) unsold.

Exhibitions

• Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 97) as 'Zuyder Zee'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 962) as 'Zuyder Zee'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 97) as 'Zuyder Zee'.

Books on Whistler

• Heijbroek, J. F., and Margaret F. MacDonald, Whistler and Holland, Zwolle and Amsterdam, 1997, repr. pl. xv.

Catalogues 1906-Present

EXHIBITIONS:

• Whistler en Holland, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997 (see Heijbroek and MacDonald 1997, above).
• Myers, Kenneth John, Mr. Whistler’s Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, repr. p. 9.
• Symphony in Black and White, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, 2003-2004.

SALE:

• Parke Bernet, New York, 27-28 October 1971 (lot 81).
• Christie's, New York, 29 November 2007 (lot. 70).
• Christie's, New York, 1 December 2010 (lot 19).