Butterfly for a Valance at Dowdeswell's Gallery

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Butterfly for a Valance at Dowdeswell's Gallery

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerLinkedCulture matchlcp-955f4f3270e4

Date
c. 1884
Medium
Graphite and watercolor on beige laid paper
Culture
American
Department
Department of Drawings
Institution
Harvard Art Museums
Object ID
4654

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Provenance
Alexander J. Taylor. Ernst Arnold, Dresden, 1911. Konrad Zimmermann, Berlin. Private Collector, Britain. According to MacDonald, offered for sale to Lowell Art Association (April 11 and June 24, 1953) Nordness, London. 1962-1966 Fine Art Society PLC, London, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1974. Sotheby's, London, sold to Fine Arts Society, 1974. Sale, London, June 19, 1974, lot 50. Patricia Cornwell, Belmont, MA, gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

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