The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0252
Heidelberg
Date
Heidelberg dates from between September and October 1858.
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 252).
Images
Heidelberg, Private Collection
No image is available at this time (2018-2021).
Subject
Site
The university town of Heidelberg in Germany.
Technique
Technique
Known to the authors only from a photograph; it is uncertain if the drawing is by Whistler, although other drawings with similar provenance are by him.
History
Provenance
- Date unknown: possibly with Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), London;
- 1937: probably sold by Maggs Brothers, London, 1937, no. 642 (lot 123);
- Date unknown: bought from Maggs by Castano, Boston dealers;
- Date unknown: bought from Castano by Steven Juvelis (1921-1994), Lynn, Massachusetts;
- 1962: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 22 June 1962 (lot 5) as 'A Street in Heidelberg', and bought by 'Manning', London dealer.
- By 1966: with the Bernard Black Gallery, New York;
- 1966: sold at auction, Parke Bernet, New York, 26 May 1966 (lot 6) as 'Street Scene, Heidelberg', and bought by a private collector.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 252) as 'Heidelberg'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Christie's, London, 22 June 1962 (lot 5) as 'A Street in Heidelberg'.
- Parke Bernet, New York, 26 May 1966 (lot 6) as 'Street Scene, Heidelberg'.