Lot 80
  • 80

JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER | The Little Nude Model, Reading (S./S./T. 33)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • James McNeill Whistler
  • The Little Nude Model, Reading (S./S./T. 33)
  • image: 167 by 179 mm 6 5/8 by 7 in
  • sheet: 381 by 262 mm 15 by 10 3/8 in
Lithograph, 1889-90, printed in 1904, inscribed 'To F. Goulding, R. Birnie Philip', from the posthumous edition of 55 printed by Goulding, on watermarked laid paper, framed

Condition

With wide margins. The sheet with light-stain, faint uneven discoloration in the margins and scattered mottled fox marks, recto and verso. A repaired tear at the lower right corner. The bottom margin with a hard horizontal crease and a pencil inscription by another hand. The verso with traces of ink.
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