The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Green and Brown - Ajaccio dates from 1901.

Green and Brown – Ajaccio, private collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1688). The History has been updated.

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Subject

Site

Green and Brown – Ajaccio, private collection

Ajaccio, Corsica.

Technique

Technique

Green and Brown – Ajaccio, private collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1688).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955/1957: probably sold by her to Colnaghi's, London art dealers.
• Date unknown: acquired by Edward Brian Seago (1910-1974);
• 1974: bequeathed by Seago to Peter Seymour (fl. 1952), Ludham, Norfolk, and by Seymour to his widow;
• Date unknown: bought by Warren Adelson (n/a), New York art dealer;
• 1993: sold to Gail Kuntz Liebes (1931-2000) and John Liebes (1930-2015), Los Angeles;
• 2015: passed to the John and Gail Liebes Trust.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1688).

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. 154) as 'Green and Brown – Ajaccio'.
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 182) as 'Intérieur. Ajaccio'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1688) as 'Green and Brown – 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. 154) as 'Green and Brown – Ajaccio'.
• Exposition des œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 182) as 'Intérieur. Ajaccio'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• 'The Liebes Collection and the Clark Collection', December 2001, Vance Jordan Fine Art, 958 Madison Avenue, New York.

Websites

• Karlins, N. F., 'America's Esthetic Moderns', Artnet, 2001, repr., website.