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

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M.1256
Four butterflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number: M.2015.73.48
Medium: pencil
Support: white wove paper
Size: 11 3/16 x 8 3/4" (284 x 223 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: v.: 'not in heirloom list' and 'BL 939' in unknown hands

Four butterflies

Description

Four butterflies, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Four butterflies, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Four butterflies remotely based on Whistler's monogram 'JW', with the addition of long barbed tails. They were designed for Whistler 1890 [more] .

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret