Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 164

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
REGINALD (REX) JOHN WHISTLER (1905-1944) LONDON MUSEUM / ST. JAMES' PARK STATION. 1928.
40x24 3/4 inches, 101 1/2x63 cm. Haycock Photochrom, London.
Condition A-: minor creases, light foxing, minor restoration in margins; slight offsetting and unobtrusive horizontal crease in text.
Whistler's whimsical style was again on full display here, with Britannia arriving in aunicorn-drawn carriage and all of the statues doffing their caps at her arrival. From the Union Jack wheel, to the cherub with a museum guide, to the royal Lion driving the carriage, the details of the image are charming and humorous. Underground p. 49, V&A E.2265-1929.