Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1890/1892 Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow Accession Number: GLAHA 46145 Medium: pen and purple ink Support: off-white wove paper Size: 4 13/16 x 14 3/16" (123 x 360 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: none
The butterfly is remotely derived from Whistler's monogram 'JW', with, in addition, a barbed tail curving to upper left. It is related to designs for Whistler 1892 [more].
