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James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne, 1879-80
James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne, 1879-80

James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903

Nocturne, 1879-80
signed in pencil with a butterfly and inscribed 'imp'
etching
7 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches
an impression in the fifth (final) state: published in 'Twelve Etchings' the First Venice Set (No.4), 1880 in an edition of 100

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Literature

Edward G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler, (1910) no.184
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