The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1686
A Street, Ajaccio
Date
A Street, Ajaccio dates from 1901.
A Street, Ajaccio, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1686). The entry has been updated.
Images
A Street, Ajaccio, Private collection
Subject
Site
A Street, Ajaccio, Private collection
Ajaccio, chief town on the French island of Corsica.
Technique
Technique
A Street, Ajaccio, Private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1686).
Conservation History
The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1955: bought on 25 June by Colnaghi's, London art dealers, and sold on 23 July to a private collector.
- 1986: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 14 March 1986 (lot 95, repr.) and bought by a New York dealer;
- 1987: sold at auction, Sotheby's, Londopn, 11 November 1987 (lot 12) and bought by Ewan Mundy, Glasgow art dealer;
- 1989/1990: bought by a private collector.
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. 149) as 'Ajaccio'.
- 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 187) as 'Rue à Ajaccio. – (Street. Ajaccio)'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1686) as 'A Street, 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. 149) as 'Ajaccio'.
- Exposition des œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 187) as 'Rue à Ajaccio. – (Street. Ajaccio)'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALE:
- Christie's, New York, 14 March 1986 (lot 95, repr.) as 'A Street, Ajaccio'..
- .Sotheby's, Londopn, 11 November 1987 (lot 12).
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.