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

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M.1535
Designs for a monogram 'SM'

Artist: Beatrice Whistler or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1898
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46273
Medium: pencil
Support: grey-green wove paper
Size: 10 5/8 x 8 5/8" (270 x 219 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Unvarnished', possibly in Whistler's hand, and 'Clean // To be cleaned' in an unknown hand

Designs for a monogram 'SM'

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 Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

As far as known, it was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 28th May 2021 by Margaret