Mar 06, 2014 - Sale 2341

Sale 2341 - Lot 56

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Draped Figure, Seated.

Lithograph on cream laid 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 Birnie Philip, Whistler's sister-in-law (Lugt 405, verso); and Jeremiah Farrington Jr (Lugt 3972, verso). A brilliant 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.