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

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Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: MEZAP
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 112 x 177 mm, folded (4 3/8 x 6 15/16")
Signature: butterfly in central panel
Inscription: none

Titles

Alternative titles have been suggested:

  • 'Three Peacock Shutters' (1995, MacDonald). 1
  • 'Designs on the Shutters' (1998, Merrill). 2

The descriptive title of Three Peacock Shutters is retained here.

Description

Three Peacock Shutters, New York Public Library
Three Peacock Shutters, New York Public Library

The butterfly in glory, radiating light, is the centrepiece of the shutters. All three shutters have their margins defined. There is a scribble of the pen to right.

Site

Three Peacock Shutters, New York Public Library
Three Peacock Shutters, New York Public Library
Shutters in Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art
Shutters in Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art

The Peacock Room, 49 Prince’s Gate, London.

Notes:

1: MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 580).

2: Merrill 1998 [more] , p. 218.

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