The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Venice dates from 1880.

Venice, photograph, WPP

This pastel is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 796). It is known to the authors only from a photograph.

Images

Subject

Site

Venice, whereabouts unknown

A view from the landing place, north-east towards the campanile of the Palazzo di Comune in Torcello, one of the islands on the Venetian lagoon. ¹

Technique

Technique

Venice, whereabouts unknown

It is known to the authors only from a photograph.

History

Provenance

• By 1905: owned by Laurence W. Hodson (1864-1933), Wolverhampton;
• 1906: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 25 June 1906 (lot 135) as 'Venice' and bought by 'Boss'.

The earlier and later provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

• 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 119) as 'Venice'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 796) as 'Venice'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 119) as 'Venice'.

Books on Whistler

• Grieve, Alastair, Whistler's Venice, New Haven and London, 2000, p. 177, repr. pl. 229 as 'Torcello', view repr. pl. 230.