James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Lot 344

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

Closed27 September 2017

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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
watercolor and gouache on paper
5 3/8 x 9 in. (13.7 x 22.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1879-80.

[With]James Connell & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland.
B.B. MacGeorge, Glasgow, Scotland, by 1905.
Mrs. MacGeorge, Glasgow, Scotland.
[With]T & R Annan & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, sold by the above.
P & D Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, and Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1924.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1924.
[With]M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Henderson, New Orleans, Louisiana, by 1959.
Christie's, London, 28 February 1975, lot 16, sold by the above.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Specialist note

In 1879-80, James McNeill Whistler visited Venice on a commission from the Fine Art Society for a set of twelve etchings. A rare watercolor executed during this trip, the present work depicts Santa Maria della Salute, a magnificent Baldassare Longhena-designed church built to celebrate the end of the 1630-31 plague and completed in 1687. The view is from the piazzetta in front of San Marco, looking across the Grand Canal to the Salute.

For a group of reference works pertaining to James Abbott McNeill Whistler, see lot 185.