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Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER The Mast.
Etching on imitation Japan paper, 1879-80. 345x166 mm; 13 5/8x6 1/2 inches, small margins. Fifth state (of 6). Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil, lower left. Ex-collection Walter Dowdeswell (Lugt 799, verso) and Joshua H. Hutchinson (Lugt 2921, verso). From Twelve Etchings. A superb, well-inked impression with warm plate tone and with the delicate vertical wiping scratches printing in the background.
Both the Dowdeswell and Hutchinson collections were renowned for their important Whistler prints. Kennedy 195.
