Provenance

• 1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1954: given to Lily Isobel Wright (d. 1965), wife of Harold Wright (1885-1961), of Colnaghi's, art dealer, London;
• 1962: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1962 (lot 11) and bought by Agnew and Weitzner, art dealers;
• 1964: sold to Thomas L. Howard, Jr, VA, July 1964;
• 1985: bought by Knoedler's, New York art dealers, January 1985;
• 1986: bought by Hope Davis, New York art dealer;
• 1987: sold to a private collector.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1420).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.