Description:
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
The Unsafe Tenement, 1858, probably printed in or after 1871, final state of four (Glasgow, 18iv/iv; Kennedy, 17iv/iv). Signed in the plate. Etching on fine laid paper, plate size 6 1/4 x 9 in. (15.8 x 21.8 cm),matted, unframed.
Condition: Margins 3/4 inches or more, subtle toning, minor soiling to margins, pencil annotations to upper margin and verso, minute loss to corner of sheet u.r.
Estimate $600-800
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Keywords
Kennedy, James Abbott McNeill, GlasgowRobin S.R. Starr
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