May 03, 2007 - Sale 2112

Sale 2112 - Lot 333

Price Realized: $ 6,480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Draped Figure, Seated.

Lithograph on tissue-thin cream laid Japan paper, 1893. 186x162 mm; 7 3/8x6 1/2 inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 45, aside from the edition of 107 printed for L'Estampe Originale. Ex-collection Rosalind Bernie Philip, the artist's sister-in-law (Lugt 405 verso, faded); and Colnaghi (?), London, stock numbers in pencil lower margin. A brilliant, richly-inked impression showing the strong black lines on the hat and the contours of the drapery and all the subtle tonal variations. Way 46; Levy 74; Spink 72.