James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1834-1903.
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 on on the full sheet. Monogrammed in the stone. $6,500.
Afternoon Tea is a double portrait of Whstler's mother-in-law, Frances Birnie Philip, and her daughter, Ethel Whibley.
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