Name: JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903)
Brand: Six prints by the artist
Price: 1500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903)
Six prints by the artist
Including: La Robe Rouge, transfer lithograph, on medium weight laid cream laid paper, 1894, from the edition of 23; Stéphane Mallarmé, from Vers et Prose, lithograph, on Chine mounted to off white wove paper (with the printer's blindstamp, as issued), 1882, from the edition of 2,450; Alderney Street, etching, on laid paper, 1881; The Smith's Yard, transfer lithograph, on medium-weight ivory wove paper with a smooth finish, 1895, from the edition of 3,000, published for The Studio, 1897; Afternoon Tea, from L'album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard, transfer lithograph with stumping, on laid Japon paper, 1897, from the edition of 100; Portrait study [Geneviève Mallarmé], transfer lithograph, on wove paper, 1897, from the small edition of unknown size
Largest Sheet: 15⁷⁄₈ x 9⁵⁄₈ in. (403 x 245 mm.)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Henri M. Petiet, Paris (acquired from the estate of the above).

Way 66, 68, 88, 147; Chicago 60, 107 I/II, 124, 173, 176; Levy 96, 101, 114, 126; Glasgow 246; Kennedy 238

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La Robe Rouge (W. 68; C. 107 I/II, L. 96): the second (final) state
pale surface soiling in places at the extreme sheet edges, very pale foxmarks in places on the reverse (slightly showing through), taped to the support on the reverse right sheet edge, otherwise in generally good condition
Sheet: 11¹⁄₄ x 8 in. (286 x 203 mm.)

Stéphane Mallarmé, from Vers et Prose (W. 66; C. 60; L. 101): the sheet trimmed, taped to the support on the reverse right sheet edge, otherwise in good condition
Image: 4⁵⁄₈ x 3¹⁄₄ in. (117 x 83 mm.)
Sheet: 6¹⁄₂ x 3⁷⁄₈ in. (165 x 98 mm.)

Alderney Street (G. 246; K. 246): Glasgow's state two (of three), with the printed inscription 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts' at lower left and 'Imp. Cadart.' at lower right
with margins, pale uneven mat staining, a foxmark in the lower margin, pale offsetting on the reverse (very slightly showing through), otherwise in good condition
Image: 6¹⁄₂ x 4 in. (165 x 102 mm.)
Sheet: 10¹⁄₄ x 7¹⁄₄ in. (260 x 184 mm.)

The Smith's Yard (W. 88; C. 124; L. 126): pale surface soiling and soft creases in places, taped to the support on the reverse right sheet edge, adhesive remains on the reverse left sheet edge, otherwise in generally good condition
Sheet: 11 x 7³⁄₄ in. (279 x 197 mm.)

Afternoon Tea, from L'album d'estamples originales de la Galerie Vollard (W. 147; C. 173; L. 114): the full sheet, pale uneven toning in the lower unprinted area, surface soiling throughout, very soft handling creases in places, taped to the support on the reverse right sheet edge
Sheet: 15⁷⁄₈ x 9⁵⁄₈ in. (403 x 245 mm.)

Portrait study [Geneviève Mallarmé] (C. 176): published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, the full sheetpale areas of surface soiling in the lower image, occasional soft creases and pale surface soiling in places, two short tears at the upper sheet edge (each measuring approximately ³⁄₈-in.), two hinge remains on the reverse upper sheet edge
Sheet: 10 x 7¹⁄₈ in. (254 x 181 mm.)

Please note this lot consists of six unframed prints.

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