Provenance

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

Exhibitions

• 1886: possibly 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 72 or 73) as 'Portrait'.
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 173) as 'Tête d'homme barbu'.

For a discussion of possible exhibitions see r.: Tête d'homme barbu; v.: Head of a woman [M.1098].

NOTE: By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.