Nov 05, 2009 - Sale 2193

Sale 2193 - Lot 234

Price Realized: $ 8,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
JAMES A.M. WHISTLER
Rotherhithe.

Etching and drypoint on antique cream laid paper, 1860. 277x202 mm; 10 3/4x7 7/8 inches, full margins. Either an intermediate state between the second and third states (of 3) or the third state (of 3), with the hull of the boat in the center foreground incompletely shaded and with drypoint lines only along the upper contours of the hull. Horn in a crowned shield watermark. A brilliant, richly-inked impression, with all the delicate lines in the sky printing clearly, with burr throughout and with strong contrasts overall. Kennedy 66.