Butterfly by James McNeill Whistler
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Butterfly

James McNeill Whistler · c. 1890

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. 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.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

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.

Literature

Published references

  • 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.).

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