The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1195
'A louer', a house to let
Date
'A louer', a house to let dates from about 1888 and was given to Théodore Roussel (1847-1926).
'A louer', a house to let, Private Collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1195).
Images
'A louer', a house to let, Private Collection
Subject
Site
'A louer', a house to let, Private Collection
Not identified. Probably a house in Paris or Dieppe.
Technique
Technique
'A louer', a house to let, Private Collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1195).
History
Provenance
- ca 1888: given by Whistler to Théodore Roussel (1847-1926);
- 1926: passed by family descent to his second wife's niece, Agnes Ethel Mackay (1889-1980);
- 1980: bought by the Fine Art Society, Glasgow, and sold to a private collector.
The provenance given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1193) has been corrected.
Exhibitions
There is no record of an exhibition 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. 1195) as " 'A louer', a house to let".