The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Market, Ajaccio dates from 1901.

Market, Ajaccio, private collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1685).

Images

Subject

Site

Market, Ajaccio, private collection

Ajaccio, Corsica.

Technique

Technique

Market, Ajaccio, private collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1685).

Conservation History

The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• 1955/1957: possibly bought by Colnaghi's, London art dealers.
• Date unknown: acquired by Edward Brian Seago (1910-1974);
• 1974: bequeathed to Peter Seymour (fl. 1952), Ludham, Norfolk, who bequeathed it to a private owner.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1685).

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. 148).
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 186).

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1685) as 'Market, 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. 148).
• Exposition des œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 186).