Nov 05, 2013 - Sale 2329

Sale 2329 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 9,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Upright Venice.

Etching printed in dark brownish black on cream wove Japan paper, circa 1879-80. 256x179 mm; 10 1/8x7 inches, full margins. MacDonald's seventh state (of 8), with the figure of the gondolier on the gondola stern still partially visible. A brilliant, crisp, early impression, with the multitude of delicate vertical scratches from wiping and every detail distinct and with sharp, inky plate edges Kennedy 205; Glasgow 232.