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

 

YMSM 461
Self-Portrait

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896/1902
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46329
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 52.1 x 31.8 cm (20 1/2 x 12 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau-style, 1890s

Self-Portrait

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret