Date
Children, Ajaccio dates from 1901.

Children, Ajaccio, private collection
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1657).
Images

Children, Ajaccio, private collection
Subject
Site

Children, Ajaccio, private collection
Ajaccio, Corsica.
Technique
Technique

Children, Ajaccio, private collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1657).
Conservation History
This was probably taken from a sketchbook.
History
Provenance
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1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
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1950s: possibly bought by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers and sold to Edward Brian Seago (1910-1974);
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1974: bequeathed to Peter Seymour (fl. 1952), Ludham. Norfolk;
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Date unknown: bequeathed to a private owner.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1657).
Exhibitions
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1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 155) as 'Ajaccio'.
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1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 185) as 'Enfants à Ajaccio'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1657) as 'Children, 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. 155) as 'Ajaccio'.
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Exposition des œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 185) as 'Enfants à Ajaccio'.