Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002241Butterfly
Inscriptions
Inscribed, recto, upper right, in blue: "O"; inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: "OC T" (written sideways)
Provenance
Sold by Albert Roullier Gallery, Chicago, to Walter S. Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago, April 16, 1920 [invoice; stamp (Lugt 2651 a-b), recto, lower right, in blue]; given to the Art Institute, 1933.
Exhibition history
Probably Chicago, Albert Roullier Art Galleries, "Original Drawings by Old and Modern Masters," March 7-21, 1921, p. 5, cat. 47. Probaby Chicago, Arts Club, "Portraits of Whistler and Some Original Drawings by Whistler, Loaned by Walter S. Brewster," January 19-February 7, 1923, cat. 1 or 2.
Publications
James McNeill Whistler, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (London, 1890), pp. 17 and 242 (ill.). Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 450, no. 1240 (ill.).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler / American, 1834-1903
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- Graphite on cream board
- Dimensions
- 8.1 × 15.9 cm (3 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- graphite
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Walter S. Brewster
- Accession no.
- 1933.284
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