Provenance

Unknown.

Exhibitions

• 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 50) as 'Arrangement in red and black'.

It was estimated by Dowdeswell at £30 but priced £40 by Whistler. 1

The Saturday Review, 22 May 1886, gave no description that would help to help identify this painting, but compared it with Blue and Orange: Sweet Shop [YMSM 263] and stated that they 'are painted in lower, richer, and fuller colours than most, and are pushed further, for which they are none the worse.' 2