Details
| Artist | James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903 |
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| Title |
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| Date | between 1879 and 1880 |
| Medium | etching printed in dark brown ink on laid paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet (trimmed at plate mark): 8 7/8 × 6 inches (22.5 × 15.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith |
| Accession Number | 62.57 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed in plate, lower right: [Whistler's butterfly device] In pencil on tab, lower left center: [Whistler's butterfly device followed by] ip. |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left corner: a42499 Lower center, vertically L + C [C is reversed] Lower right corner: Fwx vx O [with a vertical line thru the O] Upper left corner: 29 |
Provenance
E. A. Seasongood;
E. E. MacCrone;
1962-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
E. E. MacCrone;
1962-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Sales catalogue. New York: Parke Bernet, November 6, 1951, no. 291.
