Apr 29, 2014 - Sale 2347

Sale 2347 - Lot 291

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
JAMES D. SMILLIE
Rough Sport in Yosemite.

Etching on ivory wove China paper with a group of 6 additional proofs on various papers, 1886. 252x405 mm; 10x16 inches, full margins. Signed and dated "NY 1886" in pencil, lower right.

With--Additional 6 proofs of this subject: 2 on imitation Japan paper, 2 on cream wove paper (one of these in signed in pencil, lower right), one on Chine volant, signed and inscribed "J.D.S. imp.--plate destroyed" in pencil, lower margin, and a fragment impression on cream wove paper, signed and inscribed "J.D.S. imp.--Fragment" in pencil, lower margin. Very good impressions of these scarce, early western American etchings.