Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0375
r.: Endormie; v.: A woman's face

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46032
Medium: r.: chalk; v.: pencil
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 1/16 x 10 7/8" (180 x 276 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: : '"Endormie"/ Exhibited Paris 1905/ No.1' in R. B. Philip's hand

r.: Endormie; v.: A woman's face

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

  • 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 126) as 'Endormie'.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift to the University, the drawing can not be lent to other venues.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret