James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1834-1903.

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Family and Friends. 1857-1904.

Annie. 1857. Etching. Kennedy 10. 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 (sheet 6 7/8 x 5 1/4). Series: Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature (French set). Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940. A rich impression with tonal wiping, printed on cream laid paper with full margins. Signed "Whistler" in the plate, lower left, and "Imp. Delâtre Rue St. Jacques. 171" lower right. $2,750.

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Annie Seated. 1858. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy 30.ii. 5 3/4 x 3 3/4. Illustrated: Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress; Lumsden, The Art of Etching; Keppel, The Golden Age of Engraving. Signed in the plate. A fine impression on cream laid paper with full margins. $1,750. Another impression on very slightly blue-toned paper with wide margins. Signed and titled in the plate. $1,850.

One of the most charming of Whistler's early etchings, this portrait study of Annie Haden was etched around 1859. The etching is not to be found among the Twelve Etchings from Nature, having only been available as an independent print. Annie Haden was the eldest daughter of Whistler's half-sister, Deborah and the famous etcher, Sir Francis Seymour Haden. At the time of this etching, she would have been about 10 or 12 years old.

Bibi Lalouette. 1859. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy 51.ii. 9 x 6 (sheet 11 1/4 x 7 3/4). A very rich impression, printed with tone and showing velvety burr from the drypoint work, especially in the boy’s hair. In the first state there were two heads in the lower part of the plate. They were removed and Whistler turned the plate upside down; however, one head remains visible in this strong early impression of the final state. Printed on fine cream laid paper. Professional repair in the upper center, outside the image. Signed and dated in the plate. Framed (the dark outline in the top of the mat is a reflection). $3,500.

Bibi Valentin. 1859. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy 50.ii. 6 x 8 7/8 (sheet 8 11/16 x 10 11/16). A rich impression with burr, printed on watermarked laid paper with full margins. Signed and dated in the plate. $4,500.

Drouet, Sculpteur. 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 55.ii. With the cancellation lines in the nose erased. Two of the cancellation lines are just visible on the bridge of Drouet's nose. 8 7/8 x 6 (sheet 11 x 8 7/8). Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching: Whistler. A good impression on cream colored laid paper with full margins and deckle edges. Signed in the plate.$1,750.

Fumette. 1858. Etching. Kennedy 13.iv. 6 3/8 x 4 1/4 (sheet 8 x 5 3/8). Series: Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature(French set). A very rich impression in warm brown/black ink printed on off white wove paper with a partial Strathmore Lily watermark. Signed in the plate. $2,500.

The Menpes Children. 1904. Etching. K 261. 2 5/8 x 4 (sheet 10 x 7 1/2). This plate serves as the frontispiece in the deluxe edition of the book by Mortimer Menpes, Whistler As I Knew Him (London, 1904). One foxing spot in the margin, well outside the image; otherwise excellent condition. A fine impression printed on cream paper with full margins. Signed with the butterfly in the plate. $1,250. pression in warm brown/black ink printed on off white wove paper with a partial Strathmore Lily watermark. Signed in the plate. $2,500.

The Music Room. 1859. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy 33 ii. 5 11/16 x 8 1/2 (sheet 8 1/2 x 11 1/4). An exceptionally rich impression printed on antique laid paper. Unsigned. $9,750.

Nursemaid and Child. 1859. Etching. Kennedy 37.ii. 3 7/8 x 5 1/4 (sheet 7 3/4 x 8 7/8). There was no published edition of this rare etching. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper with full margins. Signed 'Whistler' in the plate, lower left. $2,750.

Seymour Seated (A Little Boy). 1858. Etching. Kennedy 29.ii. 5 5/16 x 3 3/4 (sheet 11 7/8 x 7 3/8). A rich, tonal impression printed on cream laid paper with wide margins. Arthur Charles Haden, Whistler's nephew, would have been around six years old at the time this portrait was made. $2,750.

Seymour Standing Under a Tree. 1856-57. Etching. Kennedy 31.ii/iii. 5 3/16 x 3 3/4 (sheet 11 3/4 x 8). A fine impression printed on fine cream laid paper, with wide margins and deckle edges on 3 sides. Signed in the plate. $2,750.

Venus. 1859. Etching. Kennedy 59.ii. 6 x 8 7/8 (sheet 9 1/2 x 12 1/2). A very rich impression in black ink printed on Japanese paper. Signed and dated in the plate. Price upon request.

The Wine Glass. 1857-58. Etching. Kennedy 27.ii. 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 (sheet 5 7/8 x 4 3/8) A well-inked, beautifully wiped impression printed on cream laid paper. Signed in the plate. Price upon request.

London and The Thames. 1859-1879.

The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea. 1879. Etching. Kennedy 175.ii. 6 15/16 x 11 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 14 1/2). Illustrated: Illustrated: Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress; Salaman, The Great Painter-Etchers from Rembrandt to Whistler.; Modern Masters of Etching. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on fine laid paper. Signed with the butterfly in the plate. $3,500.

Billingsgate. 1859. Etching. Kennedy 47.viii. 6 x 8 7/8 (sheet 7 3/8 x 10 7/16). One of the 100 impressions on Japanese paper, before publication in The Portfolio, January 1878. Signed in the plate. $1,750.

Black Lion Wharf. 1859. Etching. Kennedy 42.iii. 6 x 8 7/8 (sheet 8 3/8 x 10 1/8). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects." (Thames Set), plate 1. Professionally repaired tear in the top margin, outside the image. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on fine laid paper. Signed and dated in the plate. $4,750.

Eagle Wharf (Tyzac, Whiteley & Co). 1859. Etching. Kennedy 41. 5 7/16 x 8 7/16 (sheet 6 3/8 x 8 7/16). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects." (Thames Set). Probably a proof from the 1871 edition of the Thames Set published by Ellis and Green. A rich impression printed in black ink on 'Van Gelder' cream laid paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Illustrated: Tyler, American Etchings of the Nineteenth Century. Signed and dated in the plate. $5,500.

Early Morning. 1878. Lithotint. Way 7, Levy 16, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 9.iii/iv. 6 1/2 x 10 3/16 (sheet 7 3/8 x 10 11/16). Edition 15 in states i and ii; 'several hundred' in iii and iv, according to Way. A fine impression on cream wove paper, with the legend outside the image trimmed. Printed by Way for inclusion in the July 18, 1878 issue of Picadilly but never issued. Signed with the butterfly in the stone. $5,500.

Early Morning Battersea (Cadogan Pier). 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 75 only state. 4 1/2 x 6 (sheet 5 3/8 x 6 7/8). Issued as plate 15 in "Sixteen Drypoints or Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects" (Thames Set #15). Printed in black ink on fine cream laid paper. Unsigned. $1,500.

The Forge. 1861. Drypoint. Kennedy 68.iv. 7 1/2 x 12 1/2 (sheet 9 1/4 x 14). Series: A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects (Thames Set), plate 3. A rich, glowing impression printed on fine Japanese paper. Signed and dated in the plate. $4,750.

Fulham. 1879. Etching. Kennedy 182.ii. 5 1/4 x 8 1/8 (sheet 11 1/4 x 15 3/4). A rich impression with plate tone printed on Japanese vellum. As published by the Fine Art Society, January 28, 1879. Signed with the butterfly in the plate. $2,500.

Landscape with the Horse. 1859. Etching. Kennedy 36.ii. 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 6 7/8 x 9 5/8). Printed on AR[CHES] cream laid paper with full margins. A fine impression with atmospheric tonal wiping. Signed in the plate, lower center. A scarce early etching -- there was no published edition. $7,000.

The Lime-Burner. 1859. Etching. Kennedy 46.ii. 9 3/4x6 7/8 (sheet 10 15/16 x 7 5/16). Issued as plate 9 in "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects." (Thames Set). Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 1 (1911): 35. Probably from the 1871 edition of the Thames Set published by Ellis and Green. A well-inked, cleanly wiped impression printed on antique cream laid paper. Signed and dated in the plate. $11,500.

Limehouse. 1859. Etching. Kennedy 40.iii. 5 x 7 7/8 (sheet 7 7/8 x 10 1/16). Issued as plate 12 in "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects" (Thames Set). A rich impression printed on cream laid paper. Signed and dated in the plate. $5,500.

The Little Putney, No. 1. 1879. Etching. Kennedy 179.ii. 5 1/4 x 8 1/8 (sheet9 7/16 x 12 5/16). A fine impression printed with plate tone on simili-Japan paper. Signed with the butterfly in the plate. $1,750.

Longshoremen. 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 45. 5 7/8 x 8 3/4 (sheet 7 1/8 x 10 1/8). A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream colored laid paper. Signed in the plate. $4,750.

Old Westminster Bridge. 1859. Etching. Kennedy 39 Signed and dated in the plate. Issued as plate 4 of "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects" (Thames Set). A fine impression with plate tone printed on (Hallines) laid paper with a partial 'HP' in a shield watermark. Signed and dated in the plate. $3,250.

The Pool (Wapping Wharf). 1859. Etching. Kennedy 43.iv. 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 9 13/16). Issued as plate 7 of "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects" (Thames Set). A fine impression with plate tone printed on (Hallines) laid paper with a partial 'HP' in a shield watermark. Signed and dated in the plate. $4,000.

Rotherhithe (Originally published as Wapping). 1860. Etching. Kennedy 66.iii. 10 5/8 x 7 5/8 (sheet 13 1/2 x 9 5/8). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects." (Thames Set). Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940; Keppel, The Golden Age of Engraving; Salaman, The Great Painter-Etchers from Rembrandt to Whistler and Modern Masters of Etching: Whistler. A rich impression printed on fine cream laid paper. Signed in the plate. Price upon request.

The Tall Bridge. 1878. Lithotint. Way 9; Levy 19; Spink, Stratis, Tedeschi 12.ii. 10 7/8 x 7 1/4 (sheet 11 3/8 x 7 5/8). Proof without the legend below, the letter text having been trimmed, as is commonly the case. Printed by Way for Piccadilly but never issued. The magazine failed and most of the proofs were destroyed. A beautiful, delicate printing with the layered applications of the lithotint washes clearly discernible. Signed with the butterfly in the stone. Accompanied by the Ando Hiroshige (1797-1868) woodblock that was apparently a major influence upon Whistler's image, . Kyobashi and the Bamboo Bank ofthe Sumida River. 1956-58. Japanese woodblock print. 13 1/4 x 5 5/8 (vertical oban. Series: 100 Views of Edo. This is plate 76 in the series of 120. Publisher: Uo-Ei. Later printing. Trimmed margins. Excellent color and condition. Price upon request.

Thames Police (Wapping Wharf). 1859. Etching. Kennedy 44.iii. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 6 13/16 x 9 13/16). Issued as plate 2 of "A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects" (Thames Set) in 1871 printed by Ellis and Green. Printed on Strasbourg watermarked laid paper. Signed and dated in the plate. $5,500.

Vauxhall Bridge. 1861. Etching. Kennedy 70.ii. 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 (sheet3 5/8 x 7 3/4). A rich impression printed on pale cream laid paper with a partial watermark. Signed and dated in the plate. $1,750.

The French Set and Paris. 1857-1861.

En plein soleil. (In full sun). 1858. Etching. Kennedy 15.ii. 3 7/8 x 5 1/4 (sheet 5 x 6 7/16). Series: Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature (French set). A rich impression with bistre ink, printed on cream laid paper with full margins. Signed 'Whistler' in the plate, lower left, and 'Imp. Delatre Rue St. Jacques. 171' lower right. $2,750.

The Rag Gatherers'. 1857. Etching. Kennedy 23.v. 6 x 3 1/2. Series: Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature (French set). A fine impression on cream laid paper with wide margins. Signed in the plate. $1,250.

The Unsafe Tenement. 1858. Etching. Kennedy 17,iv. 6 1/8 x 8 3/4 (sheet 8 1/4 x 10 3/8). Series: Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature (French set). A very rich impression with plate tone printed in brown/black ink on fine laid paper with full margins. Signed in the plate. $3,500.

Italy: The First Venice Set. 1979-1880.

The Traghetto, No. 2. 1879-1880. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy 191.vii. 9 1/4 x 12. Series: “Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings” (First Venice set). Edition 100. A fine, atmospheric imp ression printed with rich plate tone, presumably an unrecorded intermediate state between iv and v, before the drypoint on the hats of the men seated at the table, and the drypoint under the table, and before the baby's eyes are clearer. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 1 (1911): 53. A proof printed in brown in on toned laid paper with a partial Strasbourg lily 1814 laid paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly and annotated 'imp' on the tab in pencil by Whistler. Price upon request.

Lithographs

Family and Friends

Afternoon Tea. 1897. Lithograph. Way 147; Levy 224; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 173. 7 1/2 x 6 (sheet 14 13/16 x 9 9/16). Edition 100 printed by Clot, issued by Ambroise Vollard in L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard (second album, Paris 1897). A rich impression printed onthe full sheet. Monogrammed in the stone. $4,500.

The Doctor. 1895. Lithograph. Way 78; Levy 117; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 110. 8 1/2 x 6 (sheet 10 x 7 3/8). Edition of about 3,000 published in The Pageant, November, 1896. A fine impression printed on off-white glossy wove paper. Unsigned. $600.

Gants de Suede. (Suede Gloves.) 1890. Lithograph. Way 26, Levy 40, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 35. 8 1/2 x 4 (sheet 11 1/8 x 7 3/4). As printed by Way and published in The Studio, London April 16, 1894 with their blindstamp.Slightly toned; otherwise fine condition. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. $875. England and France

Little Evelyn. 1896. Lithograph. Way 110; Levy 159; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 146. 7 x 4 1/2 (sheet 12 5/8 x 9 1/2). Printed by Thomas Way for The Art Journal, 1896. Printed on the full sheet of cream laid paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone, to the left of Evelyn's shoulder. $650.

La Robe Rouge. (The Red Dress.) 1894. Lithograph. Way 68, Levy 96, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 107.ii. 7 1/2 x 6 (sheet 11 1/2 x 8 1/8). As published in The Studio, London, with their blindstamp. A fine impression printed on cream wove paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. $875.

Tête-à-Tête in the Garden. 1894. Lithograph. Way 54, Levy 85, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 90. 8 x 6 1/2(sheet 10 7/8 x 8 1/2). Edition of 25 lifetime impressions plus a few proofs recorded by Way, and 30 posthumous impressions printed by Goulding in 1904. The stone was cancelled. Printed on ivory laid paper from an antique volume, numbered 178 recto and 177 verso, lower right. A very good lifetime impression of this extremely scarce print. Signed with the butterfly in the stone. $6,500.

England and France

Little Doorway, Lyme Regis. 1895. Lithograph. Way 83, Levy 122, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 119. 9 x 6 (13 1/2 x 9 3/4). Edition of 15 lifetime impressions listed by Way and 30 posthumous impressions printed by Goulding in 1904. The stone was cancelled. Printed on cream laid paper with a Strasbourg Lily/LVG with a IV countermark (Chicago 289), indicating a posthumous impression. Collector's seal, verso: Rosalind Birnie Philip, Whistler's sister-in-law, Lugt 405. Signed with the butterfly in the stone. $4,500.

Maunder's Fish Shop. 1890. Lithograph. Way 26, Levy 42, Stratis, Spink and Tedeschi 37.ii. 7 3/4 x 6 3/4 (sheet 12 x 8). Printed on laid paper with a foolscap 7-pointed collar watermark. One of the impressions pulled by Way from the original stone before the printed text was added, and before the image was transferred to supplementary stones and printed for inclusion in the December 27, 1890 edition of The Whirlwind. Signed with the butterfly in the stone. $4,500.

Nursemaids: les bonnes de Luxembourg. 1894. Lithograph. Way 84; Levy 79; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 81. 9 x 6 1/2 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9). Edition of about 3,000 published in The Art Journal, December, 1894. A fine impression printed on ivory colored wove paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. $850.

The Long Gallery, Louvre. 1894. Lithograph. Way 52; Levy 83; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 146. 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 (sheet 11 x 8). As published in The Studio, 1894, with their blindstamp. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. $825.

Savoy Pigeons. 1896. Lithograph. Way 118; Levy 164; Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 154. 8 x 5 3/4 (sheet 11 1/8 x 7 3/4). Edition about 3,000. As published in The Studio, June, 1896, with their blindstamp. Printed on the full sheet of cream laid paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. $600.

The Thames. 1896. Lithotint. Way 125; Levy 178; Spink, Stratis, Tedeschi 161.iii. 10 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches (sheet 14 5/8 x 10 9/16). A subtle tonal impression printed on fine white wove paper. A Goulding impression from the edition of 121, printed in 1903 and 1904, commissioned by Rosalind Birnie Philip, with her seal verso [Lugt 405]. (Way recorded 29 lifetime impressions. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the stone. $15,000.

The Tyresmith. 1890. Lithograph. Way 27, Levy 41, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 36. 6 3/4 x 6 7/8 (sheet 1- 5/8 x 7 7/8). Printed in cream laid paper with a 'Harris & McMurd[o]/1814' watermark. An impression before the text and before the image was transferred to supplementary stones for publication in the November 15, 1890 issue of The Whirlwind. According to the Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink catalogue, page 152, "The published editon was machine printed from supplementary stones on smooth ivory wove paper, which has often discolored to cream. Periodical impressions tend to be slightly coarser, glossier and higher in contrast than those printed by hand." Signed with the butterfly in the stone. $3,500.

Portraits of Whistler.

Walter Greaves. 1846-1930.

Avenue Cremorne Gardens. Pencil, ink and watercolor. 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 12 3/4. Exhibited at the Parkin Gallery. Signed in the image; titled beneath the image, lower left, in the artist's hand. The image appears to depict Whistler and his wife, Beatrix. $3,500.

Paul César Helleu. 1859-1927.

Portrait of Whistler with the Monacle. 1897. Drypoint. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 (sheet 16 3/4 x 11 5/8). A carefully wiped impression with plate tone, from the cancelled plate (there were only 28 impressions before the plate was cancelled), printed on cream laid paper. A delightful portrait of Helleu's colleague and friend, Whistler. $2,500.

Thomas Robert Way. 1861-1913.

J.A.M. Whistler with the White Lock. c. 1895. Lithograph. Gallatin 131. 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 (sheet 10 X 6 3/4). A tonal impression printed on fine wove paper. Signed in pencil. $3,500

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