Butterfly

Peter Booth Australian, born England

1987

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Title: Butterfly
Artist: Peter Booth (Australian, born Sheffield, England 1940)
Date: 1987
Medium: Black ink with gesso on paper
Dimensions: 21 7/8 × 40 3/4 in. (55.5 × 103.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Clara Diament Sujo, 1988
Object Number: 1988.340.2
Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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