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

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M.1575
Three Butterflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898/99
Collection: Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
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Medium: pen and black ink
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 311 x 199 mm (12 1/4" x 7 13/16")
Signature: one of the three butterflies is Whistler’s signature
Inscription: ‘Envoi // … As a man wipeth a dish – wiping it / and turning it upside down’

Three Butterflies
Three Butterflies, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Three Butterflies, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX

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