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

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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