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

Titles

r.: Endormie, The Hunterian
r.: Endormie, The Hunterian

The title, 'Endormie' was probably given to the drawing at the time of its exhibition in Paris in 1905.

Sitter

r.: Endormie, The Hunterian
r.: Endormie, The Hunterian

The model has not been identified.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret