The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1696
The Open Door
Date
The Open Door dates from about 1901.
The Open Door, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1696).
Images
The Open Door, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Subject
Site
The Open Door, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Possibly painted in Ajaccio, Corsica, or on mainland France.
Technique
Technique
The Open Door, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
See discussion in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1696).
History
Provenance
- 1960: sold at auction, collection of Henry Tozer, Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1960 (lot 210) as 'Figures in a Doorway', and bought by 'Betts';
- 1960: given by Louis V. Keeler (Class of 1911) and Mrs Keeler to Cornell University.
The early provenance is unknown. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1696)
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1696) as 'The Open Door'.