Mar 05, 2015 - Sale 2375

Sale 2375 - Lot 35

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Reading.

Lithograph on cream laid appliqué on heavy wove paper, 1879-87. 160x135 mm; 6 1/4x5 3/8, full margins. Fourth state (of 4). Edition of approximately 100 for Notes. Signed with the butterfly in pencil, lower right. A superb impression with the strong black lines on the hat and the contours of the drapery, and with all the subtle tonal variations distinct. Way 13; Levy 25; Spink 17.