May 21, 2020 - Sale 2537

Sale 2537 - Lot 312

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Turkeys.

Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper, 1879-80. 205x131 mm; 8 1/8x5 1/4 inches. MacDonald's second state (of 2), before cancellation. 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, richly-inked impression of this scarce etching, with all the details distinct and no sign of wear. Kennedy 199; Glasgow 236.