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

 

M.0801
Nocturne: ships and gondolas, Venice

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46082
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 7 7/8 x 11 3/4" (200 x 299 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Nocturne: ships and gondolas, Venice

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It is not known if it was exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 11th February 2021 by Margaret