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

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M.1246
Twelve butterflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46144
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white card
Size: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4" (368 x 238 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

Twelve butterflies

Composition

Twelve butterflies, The Hunterian
Twelve butterflies, The Hunterian

Designed for Whistler 1890 [more] . Reading from top to bottom and left to right, the sixth butterfly was not used at all, while the eleventh was used, but its body line became a zigzag: (a) p. 130, (b) p. 198, (c) p. 228, (d) p. 66, (e) p. 173, (f) not used, (g) p. 120, (h) p. 280, (i) p. 265, (j) p. 244, (k) p. 185, (l) p. 195.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1246).

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1246).

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