Sale 2532 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, March 5, 2020

13 14 13 c JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Bibi Valentin . Etching and drypoint on Japan paper, 1859. 152x228 mm; 6x9 inches, wide margins. MacDonald’s second state (of 2), with the left hand defined and all the additional work completed. A very good impression. Kennedy 50; Glasgow 34. [1,200/1,800] 14 c JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Nursemaid and Child . Etching and drypoint on antique cream laid paper, 1859. 907x132 mm; 3 3 / 4 x5 1 / 8 inches, wide margins. MacDonald’s second state (of 2), with the woman’s nose retroussé and her mouth slightly smiling. Ex-collection Otto Gerstenberg (Lugt 2785, verso); and Paul von Bleichert, Leipzig (Lugt 2071a, lower right recto). A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this early etching. MacDonald notes a total of approximately only 35 impressions of this subject. Kennedy 37; Glasgow 42. [1,000/1,500]