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JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER
Nocturne: Palaces (K. 202)
etching and drypoint in brownish-black, 1879-80, on laid paper, watermark Crowned Coat of Arms, a selectively wiped impression with harmonious effects in the sky and water, presumably an intermediate state between the second and third states (of nine) with the new diagonal lines under the arch of the bridge and in the water just barely indicated, signed with a large, early, shaded butterfly and inscribed 'imp' in pencil on the tab, in exceptionally fine condition, framed
P. 11 5/8 x 7 15/16in. (295 x 201mm.)
Nocturne: Palaces (K. 202)
etching and drypoint in brownish-black, 1879-80, on laid paper, watermark Crowned Coat of Arms, a selectively wiped impression with harmonious effects in the sky and water, presumably an intermediate state between the second and third states (of nine) with the new diagonal lines under the arch of the bridge and in the water just barely indicated, signed with a large, early, shaded butterfly and inscribed 'imp' in pencil on the tab, in exceptionally fine condition, framed
P. 11 5/8 x 7 15/16in. (295 x 201mm.)