Apr 25, 2012 - Sale 2277

Sale 2277 - Lot 233

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Limehouse.

Etching printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper, 1859. 126x200 mm; 5x7 7/8 inches, small margins. MacDonald's fourth or fifth state (of 6), with the drypoint lines on the clouds in the sky between and above the tall masts. Partial proprietary watermark. A superb, richly-inked impression, with all of the fine lines printing clearly and with warm plate tone. Kennedy 40; MacDonald 48.