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Sat, Nov 17, 2018 09:00AM EST
Lot 1531

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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(Massachusetts/England, 1834-1903)

The Music Room, 1859, state II/II (K. 33), drypoint etching on possibly 18th century fibrous wove paper, 5-11/16 x 8-5/16 in. (plate) 7 x 9-1/2 in. (sheet); gilt wood frame, 13-5/8 x 17-5/8 in.

 

Note:

This etching features Francis Seymour Haden, James Reeves Traer and Deborah Delano Haden, Whistler's brother-in-law, a colleague of Haden's and his half sister.

Literature: Kennedy, Edward G. [The Etched Work of Whistler]. San Francisco: Alan Wolfsy, 1978, no. 33, ill.

Condition

dark impression, hinged in, toning, remnants of prior hinging tape verso, pencil inscriptions in margin; frame with abrasions