The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1647
Shops (Algiers)
Date
Shops (Algiers) probably dates from December 1900. Whistler left Algeria in January 1901.
Shops (Algiers), private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1647).
Images
Shops (Algiers), private collection
Subject
Site
Shops (Algiers), private collection
Algiers, Algeria, in north Africa.
Technique
Technique
Shops (Algiers), private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1647).
History
Provenance
- 1947: with Alphonse Kann (1870-1948), art dealer (label).
- 1990: sold from a private collection, through an art dealer, to Ewan Mundy, Glasgow art dealer;
- After 1995: sold to a private collection.
The early history is unknown. For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1647).
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. 1647) as 'Shops (Algiers)'.