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Description: | RH Inscr in pencil b.r. by Harold Wright: "by Mrs Whistler" CRE WHISTLER, Beatrix; (English; 1857-1896) These wine glasses, tumblers and goblets are decorated with Whistler's butterfly signature, although his wife sketched and designed them. Perhaps she intended them as a gift. The natural, plant-like forms and curved lines are in an 'art nouveau' style. It is not known whether the glasses were produced. Other designs for glasses, which are even more like flowers and decorated with the word 'Whistler', are in Glasgow University Library (Whistler Correspondence, Beatrix Whistler to Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac, [6 January 1890], GUL LB 4/126/2; GUW 03035 (2004-12-09)).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | BUTTERFLIES : WINEGLASSES : TUMBLERS : BUTTERFLY SIGNATURE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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