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James McNeill Whistler
Butterfly Motifc. 1898

Not on view
Ink drawing on tan paper of a hybrid butterfly-human figure with large hatched wings, a small human torso, and a long spiraling line rising above it, with handwritten notes

James McNeill Whistler, Butterfly Motif, c. 1898, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Anita and Julius L. Zelman in honor of the museum's 50th anniversary, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
James McNeill Whistler
United States, 1834-1903
Title
Butterfly Motif
Date Made
c. 1898
Medium
Pen and ink and graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 in. (19.69 × 15.24 cm); Mat: 22 × 16 in. (55.88 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anita and Julius L. Zelman in honor of the museum's 50th anniversary
Accession Number
M.2015.73.47
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings