James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). In Cathedral Close, Canterbury, circa 1896. Ink on paper. 5-1/8 x 3...

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
In Cathedral Close, Canterbury, circa 1896
Ink on paper
5-1/8 x 3-1/2 inches (13.0 x 8.9 cm) (sheet)
Signed with butterfly monogram center right
Bears inscription verso: In Cathedral Close / Canterbury 1903

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
Miss R. Birnie Philip, the artist's sister-in-law, by bequest from the above, 1903;
Colnaghi, London, possibly acquired from the above, 1955;
Villiers David, London, acquired from the above;
Estate of the above, 1985;
Christie's, New York, December 6, 1985, lot 185 (as Shop Fronts);
Spanierman Gallery, New York, acquired from the above;
Christie's, New York, May 29, 1987, lot 91;
Christie's, New York, September 30, 1988, lot 133;
Spanierman Gallery, New York;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.

EXHIBITED:
(Possibly) Copley Society, Copley Hall, Boston Massachusetts, "Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels, and Drawings; Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler," February 1904, no. 156 (as Old House, Canterbury, England);
Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Quai Malaquais, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, "Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler," May 1905, no. 179 (as Old Houses, Canterbury).

LITERATURE:
A.E. Gallatin, Whistler's Art Dicta and other Essays, Boston, Massachusetts, 1904, p. 45;
A.E. Gallatin, The Whistler Memorial Exhibition at Boston, Studio, XXXI, Boston, Massachusetts, May 1904, p. 361;
E.R. Pennell and J. Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, Volume II, London, 1908, p. 184;
M. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, Connecticut, 1995, pp. 530-31, no. 1477, cat. no. 7, illustrated.


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