The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

The Work Shop, Ajaccio dates from 1901.

The Work Shop, Ajaccio, private collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1682). This has been updated.

Images

Subject

Site

The Work Shop, Ajaccio, private collection

Ajaccio, Corsica.

Technique

Technique

The Work Shop, Ajaccio, private collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1682).

Conservation History

The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• 1955: bought on 25 June by Colnaghi's, London art dealers;
• 1956: sold in March to a private collector, who gave it to her son;
• 1986: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 14 March 1986 (lot 96, repr.).
• 1989: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 10 May 1989 (lot 31) and bought by Ira Spanierman (n/a), New York dealer.
• 2013: sold at auction, Doyle, New York, 5 November (lot 151) as 'The Workshop, Ajaccio'.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1682).

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1682) as 'The Work Shop, Ajaccio'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

EXHIBITION:

• Lowrey, Carol, and Lisa N. Peters, Works on Paper, Spanierman Gallery, New York, 2008, pp. 20-21, repr., no. 8.

SALE:

• Christie's, New York, 14 March 1986 (lot 96, repr.).
• Sotheby's, London, 10 May 1989 (lot 31).
• Doyle, New York, 5 November (lot 151) as 'The Workshop, Ajaccio'.

Journals 1906-Present

• MacInnes, Margaret F., [M. F. MacDonald], 'Whistler's Last Years: Spring 1901 - Algiers and Corsica', Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 73, 1969, pp. 323-42.

Websites

• Doyle auctions at doyle.com.