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

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M.1243
Three Butterflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.450
Medium: chalk, black wash and white paint
Support: thin grained tissue, possibly lithographic transfer paper, laid down on wove paper
Size: 7 11/16 x 5 1/4 -5 1/2" (195 x 134-139 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

Three Butterflies

Description

Three Butterflies, Freer Gallery of Art
Three Butterflies, Freer Gallery of Art

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

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret