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

 

M.0809
Salute - Sundown

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46083
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 7/8 x 10 9/16" (200 x 268 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'No 20 10 1/4 x 4 3/4'

Salute - Sundown

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

Salute – Sundown, The Hunterian
Salute – Sundown, The Hunterian
  • 1881: Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 48) as 'Salute – Sundown'.

Last updated: 6th February 2021 by Margaret