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

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YMSM 008
Self-Portrait

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1856/1857
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: 'Whistler' ('signés de votre nom')
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown
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Self-Portrait

Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

  • 'portrait de l'auteur' (1899, Louis Aubrée). 1
  • 'Self-Portrait' (1980, YMSM). 2

'Self-Portrait' is the preferred version.

Description

A self-portrait, signed by the artist.

Sitter

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).

Whistler smoking, Private collection
Whistler smoking, Private collection

It is possible that this was in fact Whistler Smoking [YMSM 009], or at least another very similar self-portrait.

Notes:

1: L. Aubrée to Whistler, 30 December 1899, GUW #00216.

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 8).

Last updated: 21st November 2019 by Margaret