Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Butterfly

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Albert Bierstadt
1830-1902

Butterfly

1882
4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (121 x 197 mm)
Opaque watercolor on paper.
2014.3

Gift of James and Katherine Goodman.

Notes
The present work belongs to a group of drawings depicting butterflies created by the landscape painter Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902). He created these works to entertain guests at his New York residence and provide them with a souvenir of their visit. He applied daubs of bright oil paint on a sheet of paper and then folded the sheet in half to transfer the paint and create a symmetrical image that resembled a butterfly.
Associated names
Goodman, James, former owner.
Goodman, Katherine, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department