
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Oscar Wilde and Whistler
Philip William May · 1894
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold by Albert Roullier Gallery, Chicago, to Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954, Lugt Suppl., 2651 a-b), Chicago, February 25, 1930 [invoice]; given to the Art Institute, 1933.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Whistler and Roussel: Linked Visions," June 20-September 27, 2015, Checklist para. 9, cat. 8.18 (ill.).
Literature
Published references
- Phil May, Phil May's Sketch-Book, Fifty Cartoons (London, 1903), pl. XIII
- Meg Hausberg and Victoria Sancho Lobis. Whistler and Roussel: Linked Visions. Department of Publishing of The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015 (https://publications.artic.edu/whistler/reader/linkedvisions ; Accessed August 24, 2015), Checklist para. 9, cat. 8.18 (ill.).
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