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

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Marine

Provenance

  • 1913: bought from William O’Leary Fine Arts, Detroit, Michigan, by Henry Glover Stevens (1879-1934) , Detroit;
  • Date unknown: passed to his niece Alice Woodruff Owen (Mrs J. Owen) (1900-1988) , Detroit, and to her daughter, Mary Owen Harper (d. 2015), Detroit;
  • 2015: bequeathed to a private collector;
  • 2016: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 19 May 2016 (lot 78) as 'Marine', for $106,250, to the present owners.

An invoice, with rather illegible date, accompanying the painting, records the sale of 'Marine' to H. G. Stevens. The earlier provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 18th October 2020 by Margaret