House – Red Doorway and Window probably dates from the 1890s. On 16 February 1901 Whistler’s sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), listed among small panels in Whistler's studio at 8 Fitzroy Street,‘House - red door-way & window (children seated on step)’. 1
Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis, Georgia Museum of Art
It is possible that it was painted in Lyme Regis in 1895, and was similar in subject to Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis y444.
House - Red Doorway and Window, Whereabouts unknown
Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis, Georgia Museum of Art
Only one title has been suggested:
Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) described it as ‘House – red door-way & window (children seated on step)’. 4
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Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis, Georgia Museum of Art
Whistler painted many small panels of shop fronts, such as the panel illustrated above, Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis y444, which was painted in the coastal town of Lyme Regis in Dorset, on the south coast of England. However a site in London, Paris or smaller towns in France or England is possible.
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Nothing further is known about the painting.
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1: GUL Whistler BP II Ledger c, pp. 7-8.
2: GUL Whistler BP II Ledger c, pp. 7-8.
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 530).
4: 1901, GUL Whistler BP II Ledger c, pp. 7-8.
5: Note by R. Birnie Philip, GUL Whistler BP II Ledger c, pp. 7-8.