James McNeill Whistler

Lithograph, 1894, only state, the total edition was 64, on laid paper, glued to backboard verso and to mount recto; together with The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmélites (S./S./T. 92), lithograph, 1894, only state, signed in pencil with the butterfly, on japan paper, glued to mount along edges of sheet recto and verso, pale spots of foxing and glue-staining visible along edges of sheet

S./S./T. 92: Ex. coll. Rosalind Birnie Philip, with her collector's mark verso, showing through recto L. 406

S./S./T. 106 Please note the sheet is glued down to the backboard verso and to the mount recto. There is slight paper discoloration and very slight skinning close to the edge of the mount. Some slight foxing. S./S./T. 92 Please note the sheet is glued to the mount along the edges, the mentioned glue-staining just showing along edge of window mount. The foxmarks are pale yellow. There is slight cockling particularly to the edges of the sheet.
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