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

 

M.0847
r.: Caricature; v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881/1886
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: r.: pen and black ink; v.: pencil
Support: white laid paper
Size: 5 x 2 7/8" (128 x 73 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'SUGGESTION BY WHISTLER FOR HIS PORTRAIT' written by Pickford Waller

r.: Caricature; v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler

Provenance

  • 1881/1886: probably acquired from the artist by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) .
  • 1918-1919: possibly owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) .
  • 1980: sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1980 (lot 183) as 'Portrait Study', bought by Michael Parkin (d. 2014) , London dealer;
  • 1984: consigned to Knoedler's, New York art dealers, and sold to a private collector.

The early provenance is uncertain. Further details are in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 847).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's time.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret