May 06, 2021 - Sale 2566

Sale 2566 - Lot 190

Price Realized: $ 8,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Little Lagoon.

Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper, 1880. 230x153 mm; 9 1/8x6 inches. MacDonald's fourth state (of 4). Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil on the tab, lower right. From Twelve Etchings. A superb, richly-inked impression with selective wiping in the lower half of the image to convey the ripples and reflection of the water. Kennedy 186; Glasgow 216.