James McNeill Whistler

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James McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: Shipping (K. 223)
155 by 220 mm 6 1/8 by 8 5/8 in

Etching, 1879-80, a very fine impression of this rare print, fifth state (of six), the plate dramatically wiped with a sumptuous veil of tone, signed in pencil with the butterfly on the tab and inscribed 'imp', on laid paper, with a partial watermark with initials GR, in good condition apart from pale discoloration on the verso

Catalogue Note

Ex coll. Howard Mansfield (L. 1342); Harris Whittemore (L. 1384a)