Lot Essay
Executed circa 1885 to 1886.
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Beach Scene
Details
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Beach Scene
signed with artist's butterfly device (lower right)-- signed and inscribed 'Whistler/110 Rue du Bac/Paris' (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper laid down on board
8½ x 5 in. (21.6 x 12.7 cm.)
Beach Scene
signed with artist's butterfly device (lower right)-- signed and inscribed 'Whistler/110 Rue du Bac/Paris' (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper laid down on board
8½ x 5 in. (21.6 x 12.7 cm.)
Provenance
Miss Annie Burr Jennings.
Mrs. Walter James, New York.
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 21-22 March 1947.
Walker Art Gallery.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Mrs. Walter James, New York.
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 21-22 March 1947.
Walker Art Gallery.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
M.F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours, A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, Connecticut, 1995, no. 1011, p. 380, illustrated (as 'whereabouts unknown')
Exhibited
Chicago, Illinois, The Art Institute of Chicago, James McNeill Whistler, January 13-February 25, 1968, no. 64 (This exhibition also traveled to Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute)