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

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M.1357
Interrogative butterfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler M199
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: printed carte lettre pneumatique, télégramme, pale blue wove paper, f.s. with serrated edges
Size: 5 3/16" x 4 3/8" (132 x 111 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '110 Rue du Bac,'; 'PARIS 80 / RUE DE BAC / 27 JANV 93' postmark
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Interrogative butterfly

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret