NOCTURNE: SHIPPING
Details
JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER
NOCTURNE: SHIPPING
ETCHING WITH DRYPOINT PRINTED IN BISTRE, 1879-80ON ANTIQUE LAID PAPER, SIXTH (FINAL) STATE, A FINE, ATMOSPHERIC IMPRESSION, THE DELICATE, INCORPOREAL SHIPS EMERGING FROM THE LUMINISCENT HORIZON PRINTED WITH A CAREFULLY GRADED, SUBTLE PLATE TONE, SIGNED WITH THE BUTTERFLY AND INSCRIBED 'IMP' IN PENCIL ON THE TAB, TRIMMED TO THE PLATEMARK BY THE ARTIST, RETAINING A THIN BLANK AREA BETWEEN THE PLATEMARK AND THE SUBJECT AT THE BOTTOM, A FEW TINY UNINKED SPOTS IN THE SEA, SOME SMALL THIN AREAS AT THE UPPER AND RIGHT SHEET EDGES, GENERALLY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
P., S. 154 X 217MM.
NOCTURNE: SHIPPING
ETCHING WITH DRYPOINT PRINTED IN BISTRE, 1879-80ON ANTIQUE LAID PAPER, SIXTH (FINAL) STATE, A FINE, ATMOSPHERIC IMPRESSION, THE DELICATE, INCORPOREAL SHIPS EMERGING FROM THE LUMINISCENT HORIZON PRINTED WITH A CAREFULLY GRADED, SUBTLE PLATE TONE, SIGNED WITH THE BUTTERFLY AND INSCRIBED 'IMP' IN PENCIL ON THE TAB, TRIMMED TO THE PLATEMARK BY THE ARTIST, RETAINING A THIN BLANK AREA BETWEEN THE PLATEMARK AND THE SUBJECT AT THE BOTTOM, A FEW TINY UNINKED SPOTS IN THE SEA, SOME SMALL THIN AREAS AT THE UPPER AND RIGHT SHEET EDGES, GENERALLY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
P., S. 154 X 217MM.
Provenance
SIR JOHN C. DAY (L. 526)
LEONARD GOW, ACCORDING TO THE INSCRIPTION ON THE MOUNT (NOT IN LUGT)
LEONARD GOW, ACCORDING TO THE INSCRIPTION ON THE MOUNT (NOT IN LUGT)
Literature
KENNEDY 223XI