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

 

YMSM 285
A Coast Scene with Boats

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900/1903
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 14 x 23.5 cm (5 1/2 x 9 1 1/5")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

A Coast Scene with Boats

Provenance

  • By 1930: owned by Arthur Morrison (1863-1945) , London;
  • 1946: sold at auction, Morrison sale, Sotheby's, London, 19 March 1946 (lot 242), and bought by Sir Colin Skelton Anderson (1904-1980) for £220;
  • 1980-2016: passed by family descent to the present owner.

It was acquired at some time unknown by the writer and collector, Arthur Morrison, London, who lent it to the Tate Gallery in the summer of 1930.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 11th March 2020 by Margaret