May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 252

Price Realized: $ 25,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
The Two Doorways.

Etching and drypoint printed in dark brown on antique, cream laid paper, 1879-80. 202x292 mm; 8x11 5/8 inches. MacDonald's sixth state (of 13), before the parallel vertical lines covering the top step to the right of the seated man's haunches. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp." in pencil on the tab, lower right. From Twelve Etchings. A brilliant, early impression with very strong contrasts. Kennedy 193; Glasgow 221.