The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1665
A woman standing, carrying a child, Ajaccio
Date
A woman standing, carrying a child, Ajaccio dates from 1901.
A woman standing, carrying a child, Ajaccio, whereabouts unknown
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1665).
Images
A woman standing, carrying a child, Ajaccio, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Site
Ajaccio, Corsica.
Sitter
A woman standing, carrying a child, Ajaccio, whereabouts unknown
Unidentified.
Technique
Technique
A woman standing, carrying a child, Ajaccio, whereabouts unknown
Unknown. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1665).
History
Provenance
- 1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1956: bought by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers, 11 May 1956;
- 1957: bought on 5 November by Alister Mathews (1907-1985), art dealer, Bournemouth;
- 1958: sold on 20 February to Hyman Swetzoff (d. 1968), Swetzoff Gallery, Boston.
The Swetzoff Gallery records are in the Archives of American Art.
Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1662).
Exhibitions
None 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. 1665) as 'A woman standing, carrying a child, Ajaccio'.