JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903)

Yellow House, Lannion (Way 101; Levy 196; Spink/Stratis/Tedeschi 67)

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JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903)
Yellow House, Lannion (Way 101; Levy 196; Spink/Stratis/Tedeschi 67)
lithotint in colors, 1863, on simili Japon, a variant impression of the third (final) state printed in black, grey, green, ochre, blue and rose-pink, the colors fresh, signed with the butterfly in pencil, bears inscription 'This belongs to H. C. M. HM' in the lower left margin, from the total edition of approximately 20 in all states, with wide margins, pale light-staining, minor soiling in the margins, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L . 9½ x 6¼ in. (242 x 159 mm.)
S. 14¼ x 11 in. (362 x 280 mm.)

Provenance

This impression was given by Howard Mansfield to his wife.

Lot Essay

During the summer of 1893, while travelling through Brittany, Whistler produced the keystones for Red House, Paimpol and Yellow House, Lannion. The artist and his printer, Henry Belfond, experimented asiduously on Yellow House, one of the most complex of his eight color lithographs. About twenty impressions were made of this print; virtually no two impressions are exactly the same. It appears that different colored inks were selectively applied by hand to portions of the stones. The colors in Yellow House are primarily subdued; the touches of rose-pink in the flowerboxes are unusual and add another dimension to this rare color variant.

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