17 JAMES A. M.WHISTLER
The Fishing Boat
.
Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on thin, cream laid paper, 1879-80.
152x231 mm; 6x9 inches. MacDonald’s sixth state (of 6), with the man’s head and body
shaded. Edition of approximately 30, a selected proof according to Whistler’s inscription
verso. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed “imp” in pencil on the tab, lower left, and
signed with the butterfly and inscribed “Gorgeous” in pencil, verso. From
Twenty-Six
Etchings
.A brilliant, carefully-wiped impression of this selected proof with burr throughout
and all the fine lines distinct. Kennedy 208; Glasgow 198.
[10,000/15,000]
