Portait of Whistler
Former TitleSelf-Portrait
Formerly attributed to
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1800
MediumCharcoal on brown paper
DimensionsOverall: 25 × 10 inches (63.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-96
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenancePurchased in Europe by Alden Galleries, Kansas City, MO, by November 1933 [1];
Purchased from Alden Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] In a letter to J. C. Nichols, Nelson-Atkins Trustee, dated April 3, 1934, Paul Gardner, Director, mentions that John Bender, Director, Alden Galleries, brought this drawing back from a buying trip to Europe. Bender travelled to Bern, Switzerland, Paris, and London in November 1933. Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01-01, Director’s Office Records, box 1, folder 3, Alden Galleries.
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