Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0497
Sketch of Maud

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8822
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: beige paper, partial watermark '...NSON / ...872'
Size: 7 x 4 3/8" (178 x 111 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'To / S. P. Avery - / Sunday June 22. 1873. / Wind S. by S. W.' v.: 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald) stamp

Sketch of Maud

Provenance

  • 1873: given to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) ;
  • Date unknown: acquired by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971) ;
  • 1943: given to the National Gallery of Art;
  • 1980: transferred from Alverthorpe to the National Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret