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JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Bibi Lalouette.
Etching and drypoint on Chine collé, 1859. 230x153 mm; 9x6 inches, full margins. MacDonald's second state (of 2), before the hooked scratch across the blouse and before cancellation, with pentimenti of the heads lower left and lower right still printing. A brilliant, early, richly-inked impression with abundant drypoint in the hair and blouse and with crisp, inky plate edges.
Bibi Lalouette was the young daughter of a Parisian restaurant owner who extended Whistler credit during his stay in the city in the late 1850s. Kennedy 51; Glasgow 33.
