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JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Reading by Lamplight.

JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
Reading by Lamplight.

Etching and drypoint on thin cream Japan paper, 1858. 120x158 mm; 4 3/4x6 1/4 inches, wide margins. Second state (of 2), with the pattern on the bowl removed. Ex-collection Prandi, Reggio, with the blind stamp lower right (not in Lugt). A superb, richly-inked impression with strong contrasts.

The sitter is Whistler's half-sister Deborah, wife of Francis Seymour Haden.

With--MAX KLINGER. Opus III, etching, 1895 * Penelope Weaving a Shroud, etching and color lithograph, 1895. Various sizes and conditions. Kennedy 32.

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