Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002939Sketch of the Peacock Room
Inscriptions
Inscribed recto, lower left to lower right, below image, along margin, in dark brown-black ink by A. Ludovici: "Whistler's sketch of the Peacock Room. to give me an idea of it. done at Fracato's. [sic] 17th Dec - 1898 - / A. Ludovici"; inscribed verso, lower center, in graphite: "No 123 of London Catalogue -- page 122. / Lent by the artist Ludovici (1898)" (upside down); inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "FHO"; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "a 50081"; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "R. 10445"; inscribed verso, center top, in graphite: "lc / (illegible); inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: £110" (upside down)
Provenance
The artist to Albert Ludovici, 1898-at least 1905 [inscription; London 1905]. Charles Deering (1852–1927), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 516) verso, lower right, in blue]; by descent to his daughters, Mrs. Chauncey McCormick (née Marion Deering; 1886–1965), Chicago and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson (née Barbara Deering; 1885–1957), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1927.
Exhibition history
London, New Gallery, "Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late James McNeill Whistler," Feb. 22-Apr. 15, 1905, p. 122, cat. 123. Art Institute of Chicago, “Drawings from the Charles Deering Collection,” May 1-July 1, 1928.
Publications
Elisabeth Luther Cary, The Works of James McNeill Whistler (New York, 1907), p. 225, no. 465. W. McC. McK., “Drawings from the Charles Deering Collection," Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 22:5 (May 1928), p. 66. Andrew McLaren Young, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler (New Haven, 1980), p. 104, under no. 178. Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 567, no. 1581 (ill.). Linda Merrill, The Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography (Washington, D.C., New Haven, and London, 1998), pp. 298-99, fig. 7.4 (ill.).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler / American, 1834-1903
- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- Graphite (recto) on cream wove paper with printed text in black ink (verso)
- Dimensions
- 18.8 × 17.8 cm (7 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- graphite
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Charles Deering Collection
- Accession no.
- 1927.5883
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