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Butterfly for a Valance at Dowdeswell's Gallery | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

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Butterfly for a Valance at Dowdeswell's Gallery

Butterfly for a Valance at Dowdeswell's Gallery

DrawingsAmerican19th century

Butterfly for a Valance at Dowdeswell's Gallery

c. 1884

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and watercolor on beige laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

7.3 x 7.6 cm (2 7/8 x 3 in.)

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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