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Butterfly
James McNeill Whistler · c. 1890
Provenance
Ownership history
- 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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