Laguna, Venice
Etching, 1880, Poole 11, edition 40. 7 15/16 x 13 1/2 in. Initialed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil, lower left. This is a very fine impression printed with light plate tone. The margins appear to be full and the condition is excellent. This very rare print was published by Robert Dunthorne, London, in an edition of 40 under the the title "View of Shipping from the Riva." Twenty-five impressions were signed and fifteen were unsigned. The printer was Frederick Goulding. This stellar print is illustrated and discussed in the Stamp of Whistler by Robert Getscher (1977), (entry 88), pages 154-155. The Doge's Palace and the Campanile of St. Mark's are shown in the background. Provenance: Hirschl & Adler, New York (See their catalogue, The American Image (1982), entry # 27.)
SOLD