James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) Design for a Fan watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper 6 7/8 x 19 ½ in. (17.5 x 49.5 cm.) Executed circa 1870. Provenance (Possibly) Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1889, lot 1139 (as Sketch for a Fan, in Japanese style, in colours ). Private collection, acquired from above. Charles H. Hannon, London, by 1904. H.L. Sternberg, England. Estate of the above. Christie's, London, 24 February 1928, lot 51. D.C. Thomson, London, acquired from the above. Sir James Dodds Lima, Peru, 1950. Lady Dodds, wife of the above, by descent. Sotheby's, London, 20 April 1966, lot 11. Anthony D'Offay Fine Art, London, acquired from the above. D. Owsley, 1966. R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1987. Pfeil Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above. The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1996.
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) Design for a Fan watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper 6 7/8 x 19 ½ in. (17.5 x 49.5 cm.) Executed circa 1870. Provenance (Possibly) Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1889, lot 1139 (as Sketch for a Fan, in Japanese style, in colours ). Private collection, acquired from above. Charles H. Hannon, London, by 1904. H.L. Sternberg, England. Estate of the above. Christie's, London, 24 February 1928, lot 51. D.C. Thomson, London, acquired from the above. Sir James Dodds Lima, Peru, 1950. Lady Dodds, wife of the above, by descent. Sotheby's, London, 20 April 1966, lot 11. Anthony D'Offay Fine Art, London, acquired from the above. D. Owsley, 1966. R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1987. Pfeil Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired from the above. The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., New York. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1996.
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