Sep 19, 2017 - Sale 2454

Sale 2454 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Adam and Eve, Old Chelsea.

Etching and drypoint, 1878. 176x303 mm; 7x12 inches, full margins. MacDonald's third state (of 3), with the artist's butterfly signature in the sky above the tower and with the drypoint shading on the hull of the second boat in from the left. A very good impression with strong contrasts. Kennedy 175; Glasgow 182.