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

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M.1259
Three butterflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 33.293
Medium: graphite pencil
Support: cream card
Size: 9 7/16 x 8 1/8" (240 x 207 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: r.: 'WSB' (collector's mark of W. S. Brewster), v.: 'R1375t' in an unknown hand

Three butterflies

Description

Three butterflies, Art Institute of Chicago
Three butterflies, Art Institute of Chicago

Three butterflies remotely based on Whistler's monogram 'JW', with the addition of barbed tails. They were designed for Whistler, James McNeill, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, London, 1890.

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret