The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1644
Steps in Algiers
Date
Steps in Algiers probably dates from December 1900.
Steps in Algiers, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1644).
Images
Steps in Algiers, private collection
Subject
Site
Steps in Algiers, private collection
Algiers, Algeria, north Africa.
Technique
Conservation History
Steps in Algiers, private collection
The sheet was taken from a sketchbook bought by Whistler in Algiers.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
- 1955: bought on 25 June by Colnaghi's, London art dealers;
- 1955: sold on 18 July to a private collector, who gave it to her son.
- 1986: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 14 March 1986 (lot 94, repr.) as 'Steps in Algiers'.
- 1990: with Hope Davis, New York art dealer;
- 1991: sold to a private collector.
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. 1644) as 'Steps in Algiers'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALES:
- Christie's, New York, 14 March 1986 (lot 94, repr.) as 'Steps in Algiers'.
Journals 1906-Present
- MacInnes, Margaret F., [M. F. MacDonald], 'Whistler's Last Years: Spring 1901 - Algiers and Corsica', Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 73, 1969, pp. 323-42.