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Butterfly (recto); Study of Butterfly (verso) by James McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

Butterfly (recto); Study of Butterfly (verso)

Butterfly (recto); Study of Butterfly (verso)

James McNeill Whistler

1898–1899

Medium: Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and pen and black ink, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint (verso), on cream wove card
Dimensions: 22.5 × 14.3 cm (8 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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