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

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YMSM 472
Rose and Brown: The Philosopher

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896-1897
Collection: The Comte de Ganay, Paris
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 22.2 x 13.0 cm (8 3/4 x 5 1/8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Rose and Brown: The Philosopher
Rose and Brown: The Philosopher, private collection
Rose and Brown: The Philosopher, private collection
Rose and Brown: The Philosopher, photograph, 1980
Rose and Brown: The Philosopher, photograph, 1980
Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG, Library of Congress
Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG, Library of Congress
Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG, Library of Congress
Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG, Library of Congress

Rose and Brown: The Philosopher [YMSM 472] was photographed for inclusion in an article on the ISSPG in 1898, but omitted because Whistler did not like the photograph, as he told William Heinemann (1863-1920): ''The Philosopher' came out very badly - and had better be dropped out altogether.' 1

Notes:

1: [27 June 1898], GUW #08495. See Dartmouth 1898 [more].

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