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

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M.1249
Butterfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 57.585.2
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white paper
Size: 4 5/8 x 5" (117 x 128 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Butterfly

Composition

Butterfly, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Butterfly, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designed for Whistler 1890 [more] . It was not published, but is closely related to r. and v.: Butterfly [M.1250].

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret