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Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER The Piazzetta.
Etching printed in dark, brownish black on thin, cream laid paper, 1879-80. 250x180 mm; 9 7/8x7 1/8 inches. MacDonald's fifth state (of 9). Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil on the tab, lower left. Ex-collection Laurence W. Hodson (Lugt 1774a, verso; according to Lugt, Hodson had a renowned collection of Whistler etchings); E. H. Van Ingen, New York (Van Ingen was a prominent wool merchant in New York, his company's flagship was the Mohawk Building at 5th Avenue and 21st Street); his sale Anderson Galleries, New York, February 5, 1928, sale 2231, lot 110; Fred F. and Cordelia French, New York. From Twelve Etchings. A very good, early impression of this scarce etching. Kennedy 189; Glasgow 218.
