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

 

M.1583
Paintings at the ISSPG

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: May 1899
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler NB2 (pp. 120-21)
Medium: pencil
Support: pale grey linen-weave wove paper
Size: 150 x 114 mm (5 7/8 x 4 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: ‘for Catalogue – 1. “Blue and Silver - from Trouville”. 2. “Brown & Gold. Chelsea Rags - Nocturne” 3. Rose & Brown. La Cigale 4. Purple & Gold – “Phryne the Superbe!-Builder of temples.” – 5. “Violet & Rose – Carmen qui rit” 6. “Rose & Gold Little Miss Sophie” ’, and, in Miss R. B. Philip’s hand, ‘2nd. International exhibition?’

Paintings at the ISSPG

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited, although it concerns exhibits in 2nd Exhibition, Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Sculptures, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London, 1899.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret