Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
After being expelled from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Whistler made his way to Europe, where he pursued the life of the artist-bohemian, first in Paris, and then in London. Whistler was a pioneer in appreciating the effects of Japanese prints, and his art is characterized by an Asian subtlety and delicacy. Whistler signed his work with a monogram representing a butterfly, which appears just below the hand of the model in this drawing.
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898) — Study of a F
Nicolas Lancret — Woman Seated on the Ground
Anonymous — Allegorical Figure (recto and verso) 
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) — Mother and Child (recto);
Charles Paul Renouard (French, 1845–1924) — Standing Woman
Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596–1669) — Lot and His Daughte
Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883) — Young Woman from Valence
Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862–1918) — Hermine Gallia
Constantin Guys (French, 1805–1892) — Woman in a Blue Dress 
Marie Bracquemond (French, 1840–1916) — Architecture
Group of Six Children (recto); Sketch of a Village (verso)
Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) — In Front of the Mirro
