James Butler (1893-1976) The ermine and the goldcrest
signed ‘J. BUTLER’ (lower left)
watercolor, India ink and pencil on paper
31.5 x 20.5 cm. (12 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
James Butler (1893-1976) The ermine and the goldcrest
signed ‘J. BUTLER’ (lower left)
watercolor, India ink and pencil on paper
31.5 x 20.5 cm. (12 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Michel Monet, Giverny (gift from the artist). Rolande Verneiges, France (gift from the above). By descent from the above to the present owner.
Monet’s stepdaughter, Blanche Hoschedé, was not the only artist in the extended family. Her older sister Suzanne, who married the American painter Theodore Earl Butler, had a son named James Butler, alias “Jim” who left memories of his childhood to Michel Monet before leaving for the United States with his father.
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