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

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M.1254
r.: Three butterflies; v.: Four butterflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.449
Medium: pencil and white paint
Support: off-white wove paper laid down on card
Size: 11 1/8-11 1/4 x 8 5/8-8 3/4" (283-285 x 219-222 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

r.: Three butterflies; v.: Four butterflies

r.: Three butterflies; v.: Four butterflies dates from 1890.

r.: Three butterflies, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Three butterflies, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Four butterflies, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Four butterflies, Freer Gallery of Art

They are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1254).

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret