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

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M.1572
v.: Butterfly; r.: see No. 1268

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46146
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: pale brown card
Size: 6 11/16 x 5 1/8" (170 x 130 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'outside distance/across.', and in unknown hand 'Heinemann/ 38480/ Today'; v.: 'size smallest in marginal notes - see Gentle Art', and in an unknown hand 'Heinemann/ Today/ 38480/ 1/4/ 8-89-806.8'

v.: Butterfly; r.: see No. 1268

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret