Lot 98
  • 98

James McNeill Whistler

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • James McNeill Whistler
  • Battersea Reach, Looking Across the Thames
  • inscribed with the artist's butterfly monogram (lower right)
  • ink on paper
  • 4 1/4 by 7 inches
  • (10.8 by 17.8 cm)
  • Executed circa 1872-78.

Provenance

Frederick Keppell & Co, New York
Marjorie Lord Strauss Knauth, New York
Victor W. Knauth, Wilton, Connecticut, 1969 (husband of the above)
John A. Knauth, 1977 (by descent from the above)
Janet French Cramer, Marlboro, Vermont, 1987 (acquired from the above)
Gift from the above to the present owner 

Condition

Ink on paper, adhered to the backing board at the corners. In generally good condition aside from light stain, scattered dots of foxing, a few dots of pale discoloration, adhesive discoloration, and soft handling creases at corners.
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