Details
| Artist | James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903 |
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| Printer | Thomas Way and Son, English, active c.1878 - 1896 |
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| Date | 1894 |
| Medium | lithograph printed in black ink on off-white laid paper |
| Dimensions | Image: 6 × 9 1/8 inches (15.2 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 11 5/8 inches (20.6 × 29.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | City of Detroit Purchase |
| Accession Number | 30.48 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed, on stone, center left edge of image: [Whistler's butterfly device] Signed, in pencil, lower left center: [Whistler's butterfly device] |
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| Marks | Watermark, center of sheet: [possibly FG or GL in shield] Stamp, in brown, lower left, verso: R. Birnie Philip |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in pencil, bottom left edge: Way 71 II The Sisters Inscribed, lower right corner: c. 17529 |
Provenance
Rosalind Birnie Philip (London, England).
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
