Chelsea Wharf 1863

JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903, American)

Chelsea Wharf 1863

etching and drypoint
9.0 x 19.0 cm (image); 20.5 x 27.5 cm (sheet)
signed and dated within image lower right: Whistler/ 1863-
artists butterfly monogram within image lower right
inscribed lower right: II.

edition size unknown; state: 2/2

Provenance:
Private collection, Sydney
Acquired from the above, private collection, Sydney
Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Reference:
Mansfield, H., A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Caxton Club, Chicago, 1909, cat.89
Kennedy, E., The Etched Work of Whistler, Grolier Club, New York, 1910, cat.89 ii/ii.
Lochnan, K., The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, p.279, cat.94
MacDonald, M., Petri, G. & Meacock, J., James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a Catalogue Raisonn, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, cat.97 ii/ii [accessed August 2023]: http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Related Works:
Other examples of this work are held in the collections of the British Museum, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; and Art Institute Chicago, Chicago

Estimate: $4500 - 6500

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