Butterfly

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

Butterfly

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1898–1899

Medium

Pen and black ink on cream wove card

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, right, in brown ink, in Whistler's hand: "(illegible, crossed out) page 12-"; inscribed recto, right, in brown ink, in an unknown hand: "[length notation] This size in width"; inscribed recto, lower right, in brown ink: [length notation, crossed out]; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "a58640 / axx-"; inscribed verso, bottom center, in graphite: "7"; inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "a123"

Dimensions

20.8 × 14.6 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter S. Brewster

Reference Number

1933.285

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