Mar 07, 2013 - Sale 2306

Sale 2306 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 7,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Rotherhithe.

Etching and drypoint on antique, cream laid paper, 1860. 275x195 mm; 10 7/8x7 3/4 inches, 1/2-inch (full ?) margins. MacDonald's sixth state (of 6), with the drypoint lines across the chest and pipe of the man smoking at left. Blauw watermark. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with velvety burr, the multitude of delicate lines in the sky printing clearly and with strong contrasts. Kennedy 66; Glasgow 70.