James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1834-1903.
The Little Wheelwright's. 1886. Etching. Kennedy 245; Glasgow 242. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 (sheet 5 1/8 x 6 1/8). There was no lifetime edition. Glasgow lists only 13 other known impressions. A fine impression printed in black ink on white laid paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the plate. Housed in an archival French mat and a 10 x 11 1/4 x 1-inch gold leaf period carved Celtic design frame. $3,000.
The Glasgow catalog states: "If, as is thought, this shows Dordrecht, it dates from the same time as several other etchings of Dordrecht: Dordrecht [Glasgow 259], Little Dordrecht [260] and Barges, Dordrecht [Glasgow 262]. Whistler first sold two Dordrecht etchings in November 1886. However, this one was not named specifically."
Please click on the link to the Glasgow online catalogue raisonné The Little Wheelwright's.
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