Sep 20, 2018 - Sale 2485

Sale 2485 - Lot 32

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Nursemaid and Child.

Etching and drypoint printed in black on thin, cream laid Japan paper, 1859. 98x133 mm; 4x5 1/4 inches, full margins. MacDonald's second state (of 2), with the woman's nose retroussé and her mouth slightly smiling. A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this early etching.

MacDonald notes a total of approximately only 35 impressions of this subject. Kennedy 37; Glasgow 42.