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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Feb 12, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 545

Follower of Abbott McNeill Whistler

Estimate: $500 - $700

Bid Increments

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$5,000 $500
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(Massachusetts/England, 1834-1903)Nocturne: The Thames from Westminster Bridge, circa 1872, unsigned, signed, black and white chalk on fibrous brown paper, 4-1/2 x 9-1/8 in. (10.16 x 22.86 cm.); Whistler type reeded gilt wood frame, 13-1/4 x 17-3/4 in. - Note: The expert, Dr. Margaret MacDonald, has stated that this is not by the hand of Whistler.Exhibited:  E.B. Crocker Art Gallery (Crocker Art Museum), Sacramento, California, loan no. L.78.21, catalog #15, 1978 - Provenance: Ira Spanierman, New York; Knoedler-Modarco S.A., New York (label verso); Florida Private Collection

Condition

laid down on card, toning, inscriptions and labels verso card with window showing a portion of the paper with "Whistler's Autograph" (not legible); frame with abrasions