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AT-00004641Three Butterflies
Inscriptions
Inscribed, verso, bottom left, in graphite: "R1375t"
Provenance
Col. R. Goff, from 1903 [MacDonald 1995]. Sold by Albert Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago, to Walter S. Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago, November 1924 [MacDonald 1995; stamp (Lugt 2651 a-b), recto, upper left, in blue]; given to the Art Institute, 1933.
Publications
James McNeill Whistler, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (London, 1890), pp. 221, 248. Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 456, no. 1259 (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 wove card
- Dimensions
- 24.1 × 20.9 cm (9 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- graphite
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Walter S. Brewster
- Accession no.
- 1933.293
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