Swann Galleries - A Collector’s Vision: Works on Paper from the Belle Époque & Beyond - Sale 2412, Part I - April 28, 2016

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35 ● JAMES A. M.WHISTLER
The Draped Figure, Seated.
Lithograph on light tan laid Japan paper, 1893. 212x162 mm; 83/8x61/2 inches (with legend),
full margins. Edition of 107. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed “No. 67” in pencil,
lower margin. Published by L’Estampe Originale, Paris, Album IV (October-December
1893), with the blind stamp (Lugt 819, on the original support sheet, lower right). Signed
with the butterfly and inscribed “No. 67” in pencil, lower margin. A brilliant, warm,
beautifully-inked impression showing the strong black lines on the hat and the contours
of the drapery, and with all the subtle tonal variations distinct.Way 46; Levy 74; Spink 72.
[5,000/8,000]