The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

The Gossips dates from 1901.

The Gossips, private collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1675).

Images

Subject

Site

The Gossips, private collection

Ajaccio, Corsica.

Technique

Technique

The Gossips, private collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1675)/

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);
• 1955: bought on 25 June by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers, and sold on 18 July to Villiers David (1906-1985);
• 1985: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 6 December 1985 (lot 185, repr.) and bought by Ira Spanierman (n/a), New York dealer;
• 1987: Christie's, New York, 29 May 1987 (lot 91);
• 1988: Christie's, New York, 30 September 1988 (lot 133);
• 1996: still with the Spanierman Gallery.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1675).

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. 1675) as 'The Gossips'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Christie's, New York, 6 December 1985 (lot 185, repr.).
• Christie's, New York, 29 May 1987 (lot 91, repr.) (this lot included Cathedral Close, Canterbury m1477, A street in Algiers m1648, The Gossips m1675).
• Christie's, New York, 30 September 1988 (lot 133).