The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1651
The Café - Algiers
Date
The Café – Algiers probably dates from December 1900. Whistler left Algeria in January 1901.
The Café – Algiers, whereabouts unknown
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1651).
Images
The Café – Algiers, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Site
The Café – Algiers, whereabouts unknown
Algiers, Algeria, in north Africa.
Technique
Technique
The Café – Algiers, whereabouts unknown
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1651).
History
Provenance
- 1903: bought on 8 May from Whistler by Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914), Providence, RI;
- 1914: bought on 12 March by Knoedler's, New York dealers, and sold on 14 April to William Welles Bosworth (1869-1966), New York.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1651).
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 162).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1651) as 'The Café – Algiers.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Copley Society (ed.), Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels & Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 162).
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Oils, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by James McNeill Whistler lent by Mr. Richard Canfield Buffalo, 1911 (cat. no. 31, repr.).
- Oils, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by J. McN. Whistler, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1914 (cat. no. 33).