Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
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Dimensions
plate: 22.7 x 14.92 cm (8 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
sheet (includes tab with signature): 23.5 x 14.92 cm (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1942.15.17
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 225, state v/xxi
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1947
Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, NGA, 1947.
1951
Etchings by Whistler, NGA, 1951.
1959
Whistler Etchings, NGA, 1959.
1964
Prints by Whistler from the National Gallery of Art Collection, NGA, 1964.
2022
Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2022.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 200, v/vii.
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. 225, state v/xxi.
Inscriptions
on plate: (butterfly); lower left on the verso: butterfly (upside down); on tab: butterfly 'imp.' (butterfly of 1886)
Watermarks
WW countermark
Wikidata ID
Q64958860