Lot #1098: JAMES A. M. WHISTLER - Le Mère Gérard - Original etching

 

Artist: James A. M. Whistler (American, 1834 - 1903).
Title: "Le Mère Gérard [from 'Douze eaux-fortes d'après Nature' {'The French Set'}]".
Medium: Original etching.
Date: Composed 1858.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 13/16 x 6 in. (224 x 152 mm). Image size: 5 1/16 x 3 9/16 in. (129 x 90 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower left; inscription in the plate, lower center. The fourth state of four (IV/IV). Cream Japan paper. Wide margins. A very fine, well-inked impression, the delicate lines printing clearly. Overall very good condition; staining in the upper margin from old hinging tape; pencil annotations lower margin. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Kennedy 11; Glasgow 24. Provenance: Swann Auction Galleries, New York City.
Comment(s): Printed by Delâtre, Paris. [30077-1-600-NA]