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

 

YMSM 409
The Bathing Posts, Brittany

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46381
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 16.6 x 24.3 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau style, 1890s

The Bathing Posts, Brittany

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, 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 exhibited in Whistler's lifetime, as far as is known, although the frame suggests it could have been exhibited in the 1890s. The first recorded exhibition was during First World War, when Miss Birnie Philip lent it to an exhibition at Colnaghi's in London. 1

Notes:

1: Loan Exhibition of Works by James McNeill Whistler to aid the Professional Classes War Relief Council, Messrs Colnaghi, London, 1915 (cat. no. 14).

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret