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JAMES A. M.WHISTLER
Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)
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Etching and drypoint on thin, cream laid Japan paper, 1863. 114x151 mm; 4
1
/
2
x6 inches,
full margins. MacDonald’s second state (of 2).A superb impression with plate tone and all
the lines distinct, with strong contrasts and crisp, inky plate edges.
MacDonald cites a small group of impressions of this subject from the second state on
Japan paper; there are similar impressions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork,
and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. Kennedy 75; Glasgow 95.
[1,200/1,800]
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JAMES A. M.WHISTLER
Billingsgate
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Etching printed in black on tissue-thin, cream laid Japan paper, 1859. 152x226 mm; 6x8
7
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8
inches, full margins. MacDonald’s ninth state (of 9), before cancellation. A superb, well-
inked impression with all the fine lines distinct and with inky plate edges. Kennedy 47;
Glasgow 51.
[1,500/2,500]
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