Inscription
on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; by Whistler at lower left on the verso: (No 15) (the 'o' superscript); lower right on the verso: 399 (upside down); P(orD)FC(or S)
Provenance
Roland Knoedler, 1889. John H. Wrenn [1841-1911], (Lugt 1475). (Knoedler & Co., New York, stock no. 32470). Bought November 15, 1929 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1931
- Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
Bibliography
- 1910
- Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 399, iii/iii.
- 2012
- MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 396, state iii/iv.
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