Sep 20, 2012 - Sale 2286

Sale 2286 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 31,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Upright Venice.

Etching printed in dark brownish black on cream laid paper, circa 1879-80. 256x179 mm; 10 1/8x7 inches. MacDonald's seventh state (of 8), with the figure of the gondolier on the gondola stern still partially visible. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp." in pencil on the tab, lower left. Ex-collection Knoedler, New York, with the label on the frame back. A superb, crisp, early impression, with warm plate tone and every detail printing clearly. Kennedy 205; MacDonald 232.