Sep 22, 2016 - Sale 2422

Sale 2422 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 2,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
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.