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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne

1879

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  • The Traghetto
    By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
    Located in New York, NY
    James Whistler (1834-1903), The Traghetto, etching and drypoint, 1879-80, signed with the butterfly on the tab and inscribed “imp”. Reference: Kennedy 19...
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    1870s Impressionist Landscape Prints

    Materials

    Drypoint, Etching

  • J.H. Woods’ Fruit Shop, Chelsea
    By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
    Located in New York, NY
    James Whistler (1834-1903), J.H. Woods’ Fruit Shop, Chelsea, etching and drypoint, 1887-88. Signed with the butterfly on the tab and annotated “imp,” also signed with the butterfly in pencil verso and numbered “1”. References: Kennedy 265 second state (of 2), Glasgow 327 second state (of 4). Trimmed by the artist around the plate mark except for the tab, in excellent condition. Printed in black ink on ivory laid paper, 3 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches. A fine impression of this great rarity; the print was never published. Glasgow accounts for four impressions. watermark: partial arms of Amsterdam(cf. Spink/Stratis/Tedeschi, watermark nos. 12ff.) This is before the third state in which heavy shading was added around the woman at the center, and the heads of figures at right and left of the figure are defined. In Glasgow’s fourth state the shading and the figure were removed; no impression is known of this state, but the state is inferred from the cancelled plate. According to Glasgow “Joseph Henry Wood had a greengrocer’s shop at 1 Park Walk...
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    1880s Impressionist Landscape Prints

    Materials

    Drypoint, Etching

  • The Little Putney
    By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
    Located in New York, NY
    James Whistler, The Little Putney, 1879, etching and drypoint, signed with the large butterfly lower right (also with the butterfly in the plate). Glasgow 187, third state (of 3). 12...
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    Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints

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    Drypoint, Etching

  • Old Putney Bridge
    By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
    Located in New York, NY
    James Whistler (1834-1903), Old Putney Bridge, 1879, etching and drypoint, signed in pencil with a large, elaborate shaded butterfly, lower right and inscribed imp (also signed with the butterfly in the plate), printed in dark-brown/black ink on laid paper, watermark ProPatria, an impression in Glasgow’s seventh (final) state, published by The Fine Art Society, probably printed in 1881, 8x 11 3/4 inches, sheet 12 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches. Reference: Kennedy 178; Glasgow 185. Provenance: Kraushaar Gallery, New York A fine impression, with wide margins. The Fine Art Societys relationship with Whistler began with the new etchings of the Thames he made in 1879, following a visit from Ernest Brown who had joined the staff of the gallery. The plate is on a large scale and shows the change in the artists approach to the Thames since the etchings he had made in Wapping and the docks in the summer of 1859. The central motif is the old bridge, by this stage somewhat dilapidated. It was shortly to be demolished and replaced by the new bridge of Cornish granite...
    Category

    Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints

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    Drypoint, Etching

  • Lagoon: Noon
    By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
    Located in New York, NY
    James McNeill Whistler (1830-1903), Lagoon: Noon, etching and drypoint, 1879-1880, signed with the butterfly and inscribed “imp” on the tab [also signed with the butterfly in the plate lower left]. Reference: Glasgow 209, third state (of 3), Kennedy 216, third state (of 3); Lochnan 231, 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches. A fine impression with very little plate tone, and printed with extraordinary attention to the etching and drypoint details. The printed butterfly, usually only barely visible, is clearly defined in this impression (see detail below). Kennedy mades special note that an impression like this, with the clearly visible butterfly, was in the collection of John H. Wrenn. On a commission from the Fine Arts Society, Whistler created the plates of his Venice series...
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    1870s Impressionist Landscape Prints

    Materials

    Drypoint, Etching

  • Narrow Street in Rouen (Petite Rue Nationale, a Rouen)
    By Camille Pissarro
    Located in New York, NY
    Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Narrow Street in Rouen (Petite Rue Nationale, a Rouen), etching, drypoint, maniere grise, aquatint, 1896, signed in pencil lower right, numbered (No 6) ...
    Category

    1890s Impressionist Landscape Prints

    Materials

    Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

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    By Jean Francois Raffaëlli
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    A very good impression of this color drypoint and aquatint. Third state (of 3). Edition of 150. Signed and inscribed "No. 25" in pencil, lower right.
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    1910s Impressionist Abstract Prints

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  • Crab Boats, Southampton Water /// Impressionist British Seascape Ship Maritime
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    Artist: Aileen Mary Elliot (English, 1896-1966) Title: "Crab Boats, Southampton Water" *Signed by Elliot in pencil lower right Circa: 1925 Medium: Original Drypoint Etching in laid p...
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    1920s Impressionist Landscape Prints

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  • Billingsgate
    By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
    Located in Middletown, NY
    Etching printed in dark brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 226 mm); full margins. Extremely minor and unobtrusive band of toning along the top sheet edg...
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  • Vachère au Bord de l'Eau
    By Camille Pissarro
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    1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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  • Landscape with Horses.
    By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
    Located in Storrs, CT
    Kennedy catalog 36 state ii; Glasgow 45 state ii. Image: 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 6 7/8 x 9 5/8).The Glasgow catalog records 32 known impressions. A scarce early etching -- there was no ...
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    By Theodore Casimir Roussel
    Located in Storrs, CT
    Laburnums and Battersea. 1889-90. Etching and drypoint. Hausberg 34.iii/v. 13 1/2 x 8 5/8 (image and sheet). Only one other known impression in this state (total of about 62 known im...
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