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

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M.1238
Four butterflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.446
Medium: pencil and crayon
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 11 3/16 x 8 11/16" (284 x 220 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

Four butterflies

Description

Four butterflies, Freer Gallery of Art
Four butterflies, Freer Gallery of Art

Four designs for butterfly signatures based on Whistler's monogram 'JW', with the addition of barbed tails. They were designed for in Whistler 1890 [more] .

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret