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

 

M.1596
Blue and Silver - Belle Isle

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899/1900
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46281
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream Japanese tissue paper, laid down on card with stamp of ‘E. MARY & FILS / 26 RUE CHAPTAL, PARIS’
Size: 216 x 130 mm (8 1/2 x 5 1/8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Blue and Silver - Belle Isle

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

  • 78th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1904 (cat. no. 77).
  • Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 108).

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret