James Abbott McNeill Whistler

American, 1834–1903

Women and Children outside a Brittany Shop, ca. 1888

women and children outside a brittany shop by james abbott mcneill whistler

women and children outside a brittany shop by james abbott mcneill whistler

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Medium: Watercolor on linen
Size: 5 x 8.5 in. (12.7 x 21.6 cm.)

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Thomas Colville Fine Art, LLC

Guilford / New York

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About this Artwork

Movement: Modern Art
Catalogue Raisonné: Margaret MacDonald, "James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors: A Catalogue Raisonné," New Haven, Connecticut, 1995, p. 432, no. 1187, illustrated
Provenance: In the artist’s studio at his death
Miss R. Birnie Philip, 1903 (the artist’s sister-in-law)
Colnaghi & Co., London, acquired from above, March 1943
Villiers Davis, London, acquired from above, 30 April 1943-1985
Sale: Christie’s, New York, 6 December 1985, lot 182, color illustrated
Acquired by the present owner from above sale, 1985-2012

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