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

 

M.1359
Copy of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46175
Medium: watercolour
Support: off-white paper laid down on card
Size: 3 3/4 x 6 1/8" (95 x 155 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: ' "Nocturne in Black & Gold/The Fire Wheel"/ from the original/ April 20. 1893', signed with butterfly

Copy of 'Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel'

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret