The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Children, Ajaccio dates from 1901.

Children, Ajaccio, private collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1657).

Images

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

• 1903: in the artist's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1950s: possibly bought by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd, London art dealers and sold to Edward Brian Seago (1910-1974);
• 1974: bequeathed to Peter Seymour (fl. 1952), Ludham. Norfolk;
• Date unknown: bequeathed to a private owner.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1657).

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. 155) as 'Ajaccio'.
• 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'.
• Exposition des œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 185) as 'Enfants à Ajaccio'.