The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1695
r.: The Gossips. Ajaccio; v.: group of people

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1901
Collection: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Accession Number: 1942.1
Medium: r.: pencil, pen, black ink and watercolour; v.: pen and black ink
Support: brown paper, laid down on card with stamp of W. Holland, 12 Sherwood Street, Golden Square, London, W.
Size: 275 x 179 mm (10 13/16 x 7 1/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'The Gossips / Ajaccio' on label on backboard
Date
r.: The Gossips. Ajaccio; v.: Group of people dates from 1901.

The Gossips. Ajaccio, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1695).
Images

The Gossips. Ajaccio, Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Group of people, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Subject
Site

The Gossips. Ajaccio, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Ajaccio, Corsica.
Technique
Technique

The Gossips. Ajaccio, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1695).
History
Provenance
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1903: bought from Whistler on 8 May by Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914);
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1914: bought on 12 March by Knoedler's, New York dealers;
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1914: sold in April to Anson Conger Goodyear (1877-1964), Buffalo and Chicago;
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1942: presented to the Albright-Knox Gallery.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1695)
Exhibitions
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1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 110).
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1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 95).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1695).
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. 110).
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Exposition des œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 95).
Websites
- Albright-Knox Museum website at albrightknox.org as 'The Gossips'.
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