The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1012
A Street Scene
Date
A Street Scene dates from 1885/1886.
A Street Scene, University of Michigan Museum of Art
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1012).
Images
A Street Scene, University of Michigan Museum of Art
Subject
Site
A Street Scene, University of Michigan Museum of Art
Possibly the Rue Lafitte in Paris, as suggested by David Croal Thomson (1855-1930). 1
Technique
Technique
A Street Scene, University of Michigan Museum of Art
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1012).
History
Provenance
- 1899: possibly consigned by Boussod, Valadon & Cie., Paris and London dealers, for sale at auction, Christie's, London, 2 December 1899 (lot 61) as 'A Street Scene', bought by Obach, London dealers;
- 1901: possibly the 'Street Scene, Paris' bought from Obach's by Agnew's, London dealers (label; #3772 or 3773).
- 1903: 'Rue Lafitte' was with William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London art dealer;
- 1904: possibly bought by Wallis & Sons, London dealers.
- 1906: bought as 'Rouen' on 24 December from W. Scott, Montreal art dealers, by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936);
- 1936: bequeathed to the University of Michigan Museum of Art, with a life interest to her husband, Dr Walter R. Parker (1866-1955).
The early provenance is uncertain. See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1012).
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1012) as 'A Street Scene'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
SALE:
- Christie's, London, 2 December 1899 (lot 61) as 'A Street Scene'.
Journals 1906-Present
- Thomson, David Croal, 'James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Some Personal Recollections', The Art Journal, vol. 65, September 1903, pp. 265-68. repr. p. 266 as 'Rue Lafitte'.
Notes:
1: Thomson 1903 [more]. repr. p. 266.