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

 

M.0997
Gold and Brown: The Guitar Player

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46096
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream paper laid down on card
Size: 9 x 5 9/16" (231 x 141 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: '(12) / o / n.7' in unknown hands

Gold and Brown: The Guitar Player

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

  • 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 90) as 'Gold and Brown. The Guitar Player'.

Due to the terms of Miss Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret