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

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M.1252
Three butterflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.447
Medium: crayon and white paint
Support: off-white wove transfer paper, tipped in at the corners
Size: 8 3/8 x 6 7/16" (213 x 164 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: v.: stamp, 'GIBBEY & HERRMANN 9/11 GARRICK ST, LONDON'

Three butterflies

Provenance

  • 1890: probably sent by Whistler to William Heinemann (1863-1920) , London publisher.
  • 1904: bought from Obach, London art dealers, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit;
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

By the terms of Freer's will, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret