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

 

M.0422
Self-portrait

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1873
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 115974
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper laid down on tan board
Size: 11 3/16 x 7 3/16" (284 x 182-84 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Self-portrait

Self-portrait dates from 1871/1873. The butterfly signature confirms this dating.

Self-portrait, Art Institute of Chicago
Self-portrait, Art Institute of Chicago

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 422).

Last updated: 1st June 2021 by Margaret