Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1943: possibly bought by Colnaghi's, London art dealers, on 28 June 1943, as 'Breton Fisherwomen';
• 1943: bought by a private collector on 28 June but sold soon afterwards.
• 1971: with Colnaghi's, and sold through Davis & Long, New York dealers, to Mr and Mrs Ralph Spencer, New York;
• 1977: sold though Davis & Long to a private collector;
• 1981: sold though Davis & Long to another private collector.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1366).

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.