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Lot 9
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James McNeill Whistler

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • James McNeill Whistler
  • Reading in Bed (Kennedy 28)
  • etching
  • 119 by 80 mm 4 3/4 by 3 1/8 in
  • sheet 159 by 110 mm 6 1/4 by 4 3/8 in
Etching, c. 1858, a fine impression of the second (final) state, on laid paper

Condition

The print is in good condition apart from minor imperfections in the margins including a tiny pale fox mark at bottom, flattened diagonal creases at three corners, paper loss at extreme sheet tips top
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