Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1391).

Exhibitions

• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat, no. 94) as 'Rose et argent. Fleurs de printemps'.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift, the painting cannot be lent to another venue.