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

 

YMSM 460
Self-Portrait

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896/1902
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46373
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 51.5 x 31.3 cm (20 1/4 x 12 1/4")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, 1890s

Self-Portrait

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

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

Last updated: 2nd November 2020 by Margaret