Inscription
butterfly in graphite at lower right on the verso by Whistler; on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; lower left on verso: MK 30695
Provenance
(Knoedler & Co., New York). Bought December 6, 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1931
- Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
- 1982
- Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 27, repro.
Bibliography
- 1910
- Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 406, iii/iii.
- 2012
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 453, state vi/vi.
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