The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Street Scene dates from about 1888.

Street Scene, Private Collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1185). This record has been updated.

Images

Subject

Site

Street Scene, Private Collection

Possibly in or near the town of Loches, France.

Technique

Technique

Street Scene, Private Collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1185).

Conservation History

The inscription implies that it was in a poor condition when it was framed in 1941, but the writer is not identified.

History

Provenance

• 1990: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 7 November 1990 (lot 1) as 'Street Scene', bought by a private collector, UK;
• Date unknown: bought by a private collector, New York;
• 2007: David Findlay Fine Art, New York art dealer;
• 2007: bought by a private collector;
• 2008: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 4 December 2008 (lot 86).

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited, as far as is known, 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. 1185) as 'Street Scene'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

SALE:

• Sotheby's, London, 7 November 1990 (lot 1, repr.) as 'Street Scene'.
• Christie's, New York, 4 December 2008 (lot 86, repr.).