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

 

M.1065
Woman and child

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1886
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46106
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper, laid down on card
Size: 2 15/16 x 2 11/16" (75 x 69 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'Woman and child' possibly by Beatrice Whistler, and '68'

Woman and child

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

  • 1889: Probably “Notes” – “Harmonies” – “Nocturnes”, H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1889 (cat. no. 51) as 'Woman and Child'.

It was priced at 15 guineas in 1889, but remained unsold, and was returned to Whistler after the exhibition by Wunderlich's on the SS Servia. 1

Notes:

1: G. Dieterlen, H. Wunderlich & Co., to Whistler, 1 November 1889, GUW #07187.

Last updated: 2nd April 2021 by Margaret