Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1896/1897 Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC Accession Number: E. R. and J. Pennell Collection Medium: pen and black ink Support: beige wove paper Size: 3 9/16" x 2 3/8" (91 x 60 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: r.: 'see back - ½', v.: 'Heinemann/ 3 & 412/ 8.89.806.6' in various hands
MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1474) as 'Papillon noir'.