Butterfly

Graphite on ivory wove paper, c. 1890

About this work

Butterfly (c. 1890) by James McNeill Whistler. Graphite on ivory wove paper.

James McNeill Whistler

American-born painter of tonal harmonies

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist active during the Gilded Age. He was averse to sentimentality in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo 'art for art's sake'.