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JAMES A. M.WHISTLER
Study of aWoman
.
Pen and brownish ink on grayish green paper,
tipped onto a sheet of brown paper, circa
1872. 114x71 mm; 4
1
/
2
x2
7
/
8
inches. Signed and
inscribed “This pen & ink drawing was done
byWhistler” byWalter Greaves,Whistler’s first
student and assistant, in pen and brown ink,
lower edge of the support sheet.
Ex-collection Dr.MaxA.Goldstein, St. Louis,
with the ink stamp (Lugt 2824, lower left
recto of the support sheet); Conrad R.
Graeber Fine Art, Glyndon, Maryland, with
a copy of the original invoice; acquired from
the above by the current owner, 1993.
Published in MacDonald,
James McNeill
Whistler: Drawings, Pastels andWatercolors:A
Catalogue Raisonné
, New Haven, 1995,
number 656.
[6,000/9,000]
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JAMES A. M.WHISTLER
Reading a Book
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Drypoint on cream laid paper,1873-4.127x77
mm; 5x3
1
/
8
inches, full margins.MacDonald’s
second state (of 3), after cancellation. A
very good impression.
MacDonald cites only approximately 18 known
impressions.Wehave found only one other
impression at auction in the past 30 years.
Kennedy 111; Glasgow 112.
[1,500/2,500]
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