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

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M.1268
r.: Butterfly; v.: see No. 1572

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1892
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46146
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: off-white wove card
Size: 6 11/16 x 5 1/8" (170 x 130 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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r.: Butterfly; v.: see No. 1572

Composition

r.: Butterfly, the Hunterian
r.: Butterfly, the Hunterian
v.: Butterfly, the Hunterian
v.: Butterfly, the Hunterian

The designs are related to Whistler 1892 [more], but were not used in that edition.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1268).

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret