The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1656
The Mule, Ajaccio
Date
The Mule, Ajaccio dates from 1901.
The Mule, Ajaccio, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1656).
Images
The Mule, Ajaccio, private collection
Subject
Site
The Mule, Ajaccio, private collection
Ajaccio, Corsica.
Technique
Technique
The Mule, Ajaccio, private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1656).
History
Provenance
- 1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- By 1957: sold by Miss Birnie Philip to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers;
- 1970: sold by Leonard G. Duke (1890-1971), at auction, Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1970 (lot 160), and bought by Williams, London dealer;
- 1970/1974: bought by Spink, London dealers and sold to Ira Spanierman (n/a), New York dealer;
- 1974: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41H repr.) and bought by a private collector.
- 1978: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 April 1978 (lot 73, repr.) and bought by Davis and Long, New York dealers;
- Sold to a private collector.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1656).
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 153).
- 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 183).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1656) as 'The Mule, Ajaccio'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Copley Society (ed.), Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels & Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 153).
- Exposition des œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 183).
Catalogues 1906-Present
EXHIBITIONS:
- P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. (eds), Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, London, 1957 (cat. no. 97).
SALE:
- Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41H repr.).
- Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 April 1978 (lot 73, repr.).
Journals 1906-Present
- MacInnes, Margaret F., [M. F. MacDonald], 'Whistler's Last Years: Spring 1901 - Algiers and Corsica', Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 73, 1969, pp. 323-42.