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

 

M.0019
Head of a woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1847/1848
Collection: Private Collection, possibly destroyed
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 17 7/16 x 11 15/16" (443 x 304 mm)
Signature: 'James Whistler'
Inscription: '46' or '1/6' and '31 / B[urmereiyez?] / B[uarepr?]', and 'YHCTep' (translation: 'Whistler'), in various hands

Head of a woman

Provenance

  • 1847/1848: probably sent to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and his family, in Baltimore;
  • 1878: passed by family descent to a private owner;
  • 1987: still owned by a relative, New York, NY;
  • By 1995: possibly destroyed.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 19).

Exhibitions

Not exhibited at any time, as far as is known.

Last updated: 18th June 2021 by Margaret