Lot 51
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834-1903)
Upright Venice
Sale 2105 - American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
Dec 8, 2024
2:00PM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$25,000 -
40,000
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$21,590
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Lot Description
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834-1903)
Upright Venice
etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on cream laid paper
circa 1879-80. Edition of approximately 30. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp." in pencil on the tab (lower left). MacDonald's fourth state (of 7), with the figure of the gondolier on the gondola stern center left still partially visible and
still a shorter left leg on the second man from the right in the nearest group. A superb, crisp, early impression, with warm plate tone and every detail distinct, including the delicate vertical wiping scratches.
[Kennedy 205; Glasgow 232]
still a shorter left leg on the second man from the right in the nearest group. A superb, crisp, early impression, with warm plate tone and every detail distinct, including the delicate vertical wiping scratches.
[Kennedy 205; Glasgow 232]
sheet: 10 x 7 in.
Private Collection, New Jersey.
Provenance:
The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Likely) acquired directly from the above.
Collection of Mrs. Lydia Pratt Babbott Stokes, Moorestown, New Jersey.
By descent in the family to the present owner.
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