Butterfly

1898/99

Dating: Date range
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Pen and black ink on cream wove card
Dimensions: 20.8 × 14.6 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
Collection no.: 1933.285
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Butterfly. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

About this artwork

Butterfly — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1898/99.

Medium: Pen and black ink on cream wove card. Dimensions: 20.8 × 14.6 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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