Sep 20, 2018 - Sale 2485

Sale 2485 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Fish Shop, Chelsea.

Etching and drypoint, 1886. 141x218 mm; 5 1/2x8 1/2 inches, full margins. MacDonald's first state (of 2), before the shading of the figure behind the counter with drypoint lines. Edition of approximately only 22 in both states combined. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" on the tab, lower left. A superb impression with rich plate tone. Kennedy 264; Glasgow 267.