The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1641
The Travellers
Date
The Travellers dates from the winter of 1900/1901.
The Travellers, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1641).
Images
The Travellers, private collection
Subject
Site
The Travellers, private collection
Possibly Marseilles, from whence Whistler sailed to Algiers, and later Corsica.
Technique
Technique
The Travellers, private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1641).
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
- 1956: bought by Colnaghi's, London art dealers, 25 June, and sold on 13 July to a private collector;
- 1959: bought by Colnaghi's on 20 May and sold on 26 June to another private collector;
- By 1995: passed by family descent to a private collection.
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. 1641) as 'The Travellers'.