Published ReferencesHoward Mansfield "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott McNeill Whistler", Caxton Club, 1909, cat. no. 175.
Edward Guthrie Kennedy, Royal Cortissoz "The Etched Work of Whistler: illustrated by reproductions in collotype of the different states of the plates." The Grolier Club, 1910, cat. no. 178.
Katharine A. Lochnan "The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler". Ex. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 14–November 11, 1984; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, November 24, 1984–January 13, 1985. Yale University Press, Art Gallery of Ontario, New Haven, 1984, cat. no. 180, pp. 179, 180, 280.
Margaret F. MacDonald, 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, cat. no. 185 vii/vii.
Edward Guthrie Kennedy, Royal Cortissoz "The Etched Work of Whistler: illustrated by reproductions in collotype of the different states of the plates." The Grolier Club, 1910, cat. no. 178.
Katharine A. Lochnan "The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler". Ex. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 14–November 11, 1984; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, November 24, 1984–January 13, 1985. Yale University Press, Art Gallery of Ontario, New Haven, 1984, cat. no. 180, pp. 179, 180, 280.
Margaret F. MacDonald, 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, cat. no. 185 vii/vii.
DimensionsSheet (plate): 8 × 11 3/4 in. (20.3 × 29.8 cm)
Accession Number 2023.16
Classificationsprint
InscriptionsButterlfy on resevered tab (graphite l,l)
Catalogue raisonnéKennedy 178 iv/iv; Glasgow 185 vii/vii; Mansfield 175
Marksbutterfly monogram (plate l,c)
Paper/SupportIvory laid paper
State/ProofSeventh state of seven (Glasgow)
ProvenanceRichard and Kay Ward, Sarasota, FL; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1858
