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

 

M.1225
A masked woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46142
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 x 7 1/16" (279 x 180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

A masked woman

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1935: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret