Nov 05, 2013 - Sale 2329

Sale 2329 - Lot 17

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Fishing Boat.

Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on thin, cream laid paper, 1879-80. 152x231 mm; 6x9 inches. MacDonald's sixth state (of 6), with the man's head and body shaded. Edition of approximately 30, a selected proof according to Whistler's inscription verso. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil on the tab lower left, signed with the butterfly and inscribed "Gorgeous" in pencil verso. From Twenty-Six Etchings. A brilliant, carfeully-wiped impression of this selected proof with burr throughout and all the fine lines distinct. Kennedy 208; Glasgow 198.