Art Institute of Chicago
Butterfly (recto); Fragment of Butterfly (verso)
James McNeill Whistler
- Date
- 1898/99
- Medium
- Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and pen and black ink over graphite, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint (verso), on cream wove card
- Culture
- United States
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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