* James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903

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Description

James McNeill Whistler
Maison Rue Orbe & Rue des Matelas: A Pair of Drawings
the first: signed Whistler, l.l. and titled Maison, Rue Orbe, l.r.; the second: titled Rue des Matelas, l.l.
pencil on paper
each: 7 1/4 by 4 in.
(18.4 by 10.2 cm)
Executed circa 1857-58.

Provenance

Mrs. Charles (Annie Hayden) Thynne (the artist's niece, gift from the artist)
Private Collection, Paris, France
By descent to his daughter
Sale: Christie's, London, England, December 19, 1972, lot 89, illustrated
I.D. Gale (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner, 1999

Exhibited

London, England, New Gallery, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers, February-April 1905, no. 207

Literature

Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, Connecticut, 1995, the first: no. 224, pp. 68-69, illustrated; the second: no. 225, p. 69, illustrated (as Rue des Matelot)