James A.M. Whistler, Lithograph, ‘Girl with Bowl’, 1895
Lithograph on China paper
France, 1895
James Abbott McNeil Whistler (1834-1903) – American painter and printmaker
Edition of approximately 600
From L'Ymagier
Printed by Lemercier, Paris
Full margins, matted
Way 82; Levy 121; Spink 118
Image dimensions: 5 ½ x 2 ¾ in. (13.6 x 6.7 cm.)
Sheet dimensions: 11 x 8 ¾ in. (27.9 x 22.2 cm.)
Overall dimensions: 11 x 14 (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)
Good condition

James A.M. Whistler, Etching & Drypoint, ‘The Pool’, 1859
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
UK, 1859
James Abbott McNeil Whistler (1834-1903) – American painter and printmaker
MacDonald’s sixth state (of 6)
Kennedy 43; Glasgow 49
Wide margins
Image dimensions: 5 ½ x 8 3/8 in. (13.8 x 21.2 cm.)
Overall dimensions: 11 x 14 (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)

James A.M. Whistler, 'A Lady at a Window', 1879
Drypoint printed in black on cream laid paper
UK, 1979
James Abbott McNeil Whistler (1834-1903) – American painter and printmaker
MacDonald's fourth state (of 4), after cancellation
Edition of approximately 20 after cancellation
Published by The Fine Art Society, London
According to MacDonald, only 2 impressions are known before cancellation
Kennedy 138; MacDonald 148
Narrow margins
Dimensions: 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ in. (23.5 x 16 cm.)
Overall dimensions: 11 x 14 (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)
Good condition
Etching on imitation Japan paper
UK, 1879

James A.M. Whistler, Etching & Drypoint, 'Fulham', 19th Century
James Abbott McNeil Whistler (1834-1903) – American painter and printmaker
MacDonald's fifth state (of 5), with the drypoint lines in the trees at right still distinct
Kennedy 182; Glasgow 181
Full margins; matted
Image dimensions: 5 ¼ x 8 in. (13.5 x 20.5 cm.)
Sheet dimensions: 11 ¼ x 15 ¾ in. (28.6 x 40 cm.)
Overall dimensions: 14 x 17 in. (35.6 x 43.2 cm.)
Good condition

James A.M. Whistler (American, 1834-1903)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler changed the course of art history with his radical techniques and adoption of Asian design principles, which emphasized a two-dimensional flattening of painted forms and their arrangement into abstract patterns. A London-based expatriate, Whistler embraced and promoted the doctrine that art should not serve narrative, but rather project the artist’s subjective feelings through the handling of the medium. His revolutionary methods changed existing approaches to oil paint, pastel, watercolor, etching—even interior design and the decorative arts. The flat, expressive, and radically simplified forms in his Venice pastels, and his use of fluid blue and gray pigments in his abstract nocturnes, altered how his contemporaries like Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas saw and understood art. He scandalously named one of his most famous paintings Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1 (1871), suggesting the reduction of a portrait of his mother to an arrangement of formal elements.

Condition

'Girl with Bowl' - Executed in 1895, this lithograph on China paper is from an edition of approximately 600. Printed by Lemercier, Paris, the work has full margins. The sheet measures 11 x 8 ¾ inches. Soft handling crease in upper left, otherwise in good condition with no evidence of tears or repairs.

'The Pool'- Executed in 1859, this etching and drypoint on cream laid paper measures 5 ½ x 8 3/8 inches. Several repaired tears along sheet edges, mainly upper and left sheet edge, including creasing and handling soiling in margins.

'A Lady at a Window' - Very minor tear right margin, soft handling crease upper left corner. Otherwise in good condition.

'Fulham' - Matted with full margins, the work measures 5 ¼ x 8 inches. Flattened diagonal crease in upper right margin and soft creasing at extreme upper left corner of sheet, all well away from image.

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