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

 

M.1249
Butterfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 57.585.2
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white paper
Size: 4 5/8 x 5" (117 x 128 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Butterfly

Description

Butterfly, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Butterfly, Metropolitan Museum of Art

A butterfly remotely based on Whistler's monogram 'JW', with the addition of a barbed tail curving to upper right. It was designed for Whistler 1890 [more] .

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret