Provenance
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1908: with Obach, London art dealers, and offered to, but rejected, by
Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
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1911: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 21 July 1911 (lot 79) as 'The Dressmaker's Shop' and bought by 'Wigram';
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1912: with Colnaghi's, London art dealers.
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1917: sold by Wallis, London art dealers, at auction, Christie's, London, 2 March 1917 (lot 43) and bought by Colnaghi and Obach, London art dealers, for £94.10.0;
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1919: sold to Matthews and Brooke, 14 November 1919.
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1939: possibly with Kennedy, New York art dealers.
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1970: with Kennedy, New York.
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1976: with Sommerville and Simpson, and sold to
Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
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1993: given to the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
The early provenance is unknown. 1
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.