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

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M.1267
Butterfly

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
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Butterfly

Composition

Butterfly, The Hunterian
Butterfly, The Hunterian

The design is related to Whistler 1892 [more], but was not used in that edition.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1267).

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret