Sep 20, 2012 - Sale 2286

Sale 2286 - Lot 55

Unsold
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Bridge, Santa Marta.

Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on cream laid paper, 1879-80. 296x202 mm; 11 3/4x8 inches. MacDonald's second state or an intermediate state between the second and third states (of 9). Edition of approximately only 30. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp." in pencil on the tab, lower left. From Twenty-Six Etchings. A very good, early impression of this scarce etching, with selective wiping noticeable most clearly in the foreground water. Kennedy 204; MacDonald 201.