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LOT 11

Lot 11

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Lot 11 Details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), American

PRISONER IN A CELL, CA. 1851-52

pencil, ink, and wash on wove paper, laid on board
signed lower right
4.7 x 6 in — 12 x 15.3 cm

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $6,875
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Provenance:

Gift of the artist to Maria Whitman Bailey, West Point, NY
By descent to the Collection of Professor J.W. Bailey, West Point, NY
Collection of Dr. Loring Woart Bailey, Fredericton, NB
Collection of Margaret A. West, Fredericton, NB
Collection of Russel A. Lambert and Dr. B.L. Jewett, Fredericton, NB
Gifted to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB

Literature:

M.F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995, 25, no. 85.
Beaverbrook 1959, 69, Clayton 1959, illust 40, Pressly 1972, 131-2, 153 (64) as "Prison Scene with an Old Man", illus. 131.

CONDITION DETAILS

Very good overall condition.

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