The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Doorway, Ajaccio dates from 1901.

Doorway, Ajaccio, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1676).

Images

Subject

Site

Doorway, Ajaccio, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Ajaccio, Corsica.

Technique

Technique

Doorway, Ajaccio, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1676).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• 1935: given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

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. 150).
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 181).

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1676) as 'Doorway, Ajaccio'.

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. 150).
• Exposition des œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 181).

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Hopkinson, Martin, Whistler in Europe, Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 1990 (cat. no. 82).

Websites

• The Hunterian, University of Glasgow website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.