Sep 23, 2014 - Sale 2357

Sale 2357 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 15,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Rialto.

Etching and drypoint printed in dark, brownish black on cream laid paper, 1879-80. 298x203 mm; 11 3/4x8 inches. MacDonald's third state (of 3), with the butterfly signature in the plate. Edition of approximately only 30. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil on the tab, lower left. From Twenty-Six Etchings. A superb, warm and richly-inked impression of this very scarce etching, with all the fine details distinct. Kennedy 211; Glasgow 199.