Apr 25, 2012 - Sale 2277

Sale 2277 - Lot 237

Unsold
Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Palaces.

Etching printed in black on antique cream laid paper, 1879-80. 249x356 mm; 9 7/8x14 inches. MacDonald's sixth state (of 6), with the butterfly upper left removed and with added tone on the palace façade lower left and between the palaces upper center. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil on the tab, lower right. The name Morris & McMurdo and the date 1814 watermark. From a brilliant impression of this important print with inky plate edges. Kennedy 187; MacDonald 223.