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

 

M.1566
Butterfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1933.285
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove card
Size: 8-8 1/8 x 5 3/4" (204-207 x 146 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'page 12 -', and in unknown hand 'This size in width.'; v.: in unknown hands 'a 58640 /axx- / 7 / 33.285 / a123'; collector's mark 'WSB' (Walter Stanton Brewster)

Butterfly

Butterfly was drawn in 1899 and used as an illustration for the book by James McNeill Whistler, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly. A Valentine with a Verdict, Paris: Louis-Henry May, 1899, p. 12.

Butterfly, Art Institute of Chicago
Butterfly, Art Institute of Chicago

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1566).

Last updated: 11th December 2020 by Margaret