JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Nursemaid and Child. Etching and drypoint on antique cream...
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Nursemaid and Child.
Etching and drypoint on antique cream laid paper, 1859. 907x132 mm; 3 3/4x5 1/8 inches, wide margins. MacDonald's second state (of 2), with the woman's nose retroussé and her mouth slightly smiling. Ex-collection Otto Gerstenberg (Lugt 2785, verso); and Paul von Bleichert (Lugt 2071a, lower right recto). A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this early etching.
MacDonald notes a total of approximately only 35 impressions of this subject. Kennedy 37; Glasgow 42....
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JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Nursemaid and Child.
Etching and drypoint on antique cream laid paper, 1859. 907x132 mm; 3 3/4x5 1/8 inches, wide margins. MacDonald's second state (of 2), with the woman's nose retroussé and her mouth slightly smiling. Ex-collection Otto Gerstenberg (Lugt 2785, verso); and Paul von Bleichert (Lugt 2071a, lower right recto). A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this early etching.
MacDonald notes a total of approximately only 35 impressions of this subject. Kennedy 37; Glasgow 42....
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