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Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER The Bridge.
Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish-black on antique cream laid paper, 1879-80. 296x202 mm; 11 3/4x8 inches. Sixth state (of 8). Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp." in pencil on the tab, lower left. Arms of Amsterdam watermark. Ex-collection Howard Mansfield, pencil initials verso (see Lugt 1342). From Twenty-Six Etchings. A brilliant, early impression of this very scarce etching, with drypoint and well-inked burr on the lower supports of the bridge, on the open fireplace in the left background, on the empty boat at left and in the lines in the water. Kennedy 204.
