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The number 35 which Whistler has written on the reverse of this print indicates that this proof was chosen by the artist for the 1895 Fine Art Society Exhibition of Whistler's prints.
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JAMES ABBOTT McNEIL WHISTLER
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JAMES ABBOTT McNEIL WHISTLER
La Belle Dame, Paresseuse (L. 93; W. 62)
lithograph, 1894, on cream Japan, a fine impression of this very rare print (Way records on edition of 28), signed in pencil with the butterfly, inscribed 'no 35' twice on the reverse of the bottom margin corners, with wide margins, a deckle edge at bottom, in very good condition
L. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2in. (240 x 190mm.)
La Belle Dame, Paresseuse (L. 93; W. 62)
lithograph, 1894, on cream Japan, a fine impression of this very rare print (Way records on edition of 28), signed in pencil with the butterfly, inscribed 'no 35' twice on the reverse of the bottom margin corners, with wide margins, a deckle edge at bottom, in very good condition
L. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2in. (240 x 190mm.)